How to read Indonesia’s 2024 multi-level elections ? National shifts and regional dynamics
Roundtable organised by IRASEC and Géographie-cités, at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific campus, Singapore.
Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 10.30-12.30.
00:00 Welcome Speech by Gabriel Facal
01:27 “2024 Indonesian Regional Elections : Winners, Losers, and their Implications” by Dr. Alexander Arifianto
14:53 “Pilkada in the Riau Islands” by Syed Huzaifah bin Othman Alkaff
24:28 “Public opinion surveys and electoral behaviour of Indonesian youth voters” by Dr. Nathanael Sumaktoyo
42:16 “Comparing cyber-troops operations in Indonesia’s 2024 and 2019 presidential elections” by Dr. Wijayanto
1:04:06 Discussion
In Indonesia, 2024 was punctuated by election campaigns and various ballots : presidential and legislative votes (February 14), then to renew 545 regional chiefs (November 27), most of whom were previously represented on an interim basis. While some mass-based parties have experienced a setback, and the number of candidates from political dynasties has increased compared to previous elections, do these elections mark a renewal or, on the contrary, are they part of a continuity ? How should we interpret the large number of army and police officers (both active and veteran) appointed to the Cabinet of newly-elected President Prabowo Subianto ?
Have the numerous modifications and manipulations of electoral regulations and mechanisms that have marked 2023 and 2024 eroded citizens’ confidence in the democratic system ?
To address these questions and many others, this conference brings together four Indonesian speakers on complementary themes, giving ample room for nteraction with an audience of academics, experts, diplomats and the general public interested in this high-stakes post-election sequence.
Speakers :
- Dr. Alexander Arifianto (Senior Fellow/Coordinator of the Indonesia Programme at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University (NTU))
- Syed Huzaifah bin Othman Alkaff (Associate Research Fellow with the Indonesia Programme, RSIS, NTU)
- Dr. Nathanael Sumaktoyo (Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore)
- Dr. Wijayanto (Associate Professor in digital politics and democracy, Universitas Diponegoro)
Moderator : Dr. Gabriel Facal (Deputy director, IRASEC, Bangkok)