Indonesia takes to the polls on Feb. 14 and the results could impact the region with the presidential candidate’s views ranging from pro-West to pro-Beijing.
Analysis
Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy and largest Muslim-majority country, will head to the polls Feb. 14 for its presidential elections with three main candidates jostling for the top job.
It is in the interest of most countries to have a government in power that will help maintain freedom of navigation in the region, particularly as Beijing increasingly contests this principle of law in the South China Sea.
The main candidates in this election are Ganjar Pranowo, who heads the PDI-P-led alliance, Anies Baswedan and his Coalition of Change for Unity, and Prabowo Subianto who leads the Advanced Indonesia Coalition.
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