A Guide to Indonesian Elections: Jokowi vs Prabowo

Filippo Lubrano
6 min readApr 15, 2019

A closer look to the Indonesian elections, and what they mean for the balance of power in Asia (and the rest of the world).

Current President Jokowi (left) and his challenger Prabowo (right)

193 million Indonesians are called to vote for their Presidential Elections on April 17. They will have to choose between Joko Widodo, broadly known as Jokowi, and Prabowo Subianto, for his electors just Prabowo. Around 2 million actually already voted…

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Filippo Lubrano

Innovation and Internationalization Consultant, Journalist, Writer (Cybersec, Asia, Poetry)