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Prabowo must go for new thinking

Derwin Pereira
Derwin Pereira • 8 min read
Prabowo must go for new thinking
Prabowo Subianto, seen here in a Feb 10 file photo, is well-positioned to provide the kind of strong, decisive leadership Indonesians want / Photo: Bloomberg
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Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s promise is to make Indonesia great again. It is not much of a slogan as slogans go: Donald Trump wanted to make America great again.

However, Prabowo can make a real difference in the country by focusing on a few essentials.

On the domestic front, the new president must balance his mass popular base and power-corridor politics. He comes to power on account of both. He struck a chord with the Indonesian public, which voted for him because of his near-charismatic persona. 

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