An Indonesian legislative election ballot. Voters will select candidates by sticking a nail into their names. (Antara Photo/Feny Selly).
According to a recent article the latest polls on Presidential candidates for Indonesia’s 17 presidential elections in 12 days on April 17th. is not a sure thing for either candidate?
Look what happened in America 2 1/2 years ago when the candidate Donald Trump didn't think he had a chance, but intervention, manipulation and perhaps even some collusion plus the weird way that Americans vote using the Electorate College lead to a man becoming president that frankly is embarrassing to most Americans.
Every American I meet recently simply says “he's not my president” I didn’t vote for him. When I ask the question did you vote at all? many shamefully said no because they thought that Clinton was a shoe-in. I don’t embarrass them by saying “so it is your fault that Trump is in”.
Most of the voters that did vote for him are ignorant, having a lack of knowledge of truly what Trump represented. He did well with the blue-collar workers the red neck farmers most of who had no college education and do not keep up on the latest political news. Instead, they took his pledges of building a wall and making “American great again” at face value.
If Indonesians are not careful the same thing could happen here.
As a foreigner, living here for 22 years, I cannot give an opinion on who I suggest would be a good president, the current incumbent Jokowi or the opponent Prabowo.
What I do know is that if you are an Indonesian who cares about Indonesia you want to learn from the American election and don't assume that either one of these candidates will win.
Indonesians suffered tremendously during the downfall of the former dictatorship to achieve the right to vote. Now that you have it don’t be lazy and not vote.
If you want your candidate to win get out and vote on November 17th.
Otherwise, you may end up like current Americans who are embarrassed by their current President and because they didn’t vote.
We are offering our support and even spent some time and money to print a sign and post in an obvious spot close to our main office in Sanur.
Loosely translated this sign means for Indonesians to get out and vote |
We will certainly encourage our hundred plus staff to vote not only them partners their family and their friends.
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