"Indonesia's Democratic Dilemma: Navigating Elections and Youth Engagement"

Indonesia's upcoming presidential race on 14 February features Prabowo Subianto, a former military strongman accused of human rights violations, as the frontrunner. Despite his controversial past, Prabowo has formed an alliance with the still-popular President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, and his campaign has been backed by a slick social media strategy. The country's young democracy, born out of student protests that toppled a dictator in 1998, faces the challenge of inequality and backwardness. The stability of Indonesia's democracy is at stake as it grapples with the potential outcome of a Prabowo presidency.