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| Editor Lawrence looking west towards Jakarta 1000 km away |
As someone who has lived in Indonesia for almost 23 years, I can tell you that in Bali I feel completely safe with my family, company, 100 + Staff and my friends.
Remember that Jakarta is almost 1, 000 km or over 621 miles away from my home in Bali.
Remember that Jakarta is almost 1, 000 km or over 621 miles away from my home in Bali.
Also, understand that as of the latest information, which is not confirmed, these provokers are primarily people who have been paid in some cases in U.S. dollars to go out there and cause havoc.
So far, president, Jokowi has done an excellent job although I would have preferred them not to allow any demonstrations to take place in the first place.
The police have been well disciplined and issued with rubber bullets. So, if there are any deaths it is probably caused by someone trying to cause a problem.
Last night there was a total blackout on social media, and it was difficult to find out what was going on exactly.
This was a good move by the government because a lot of these kids that are out there causing Havoc simply to want to see their face on TV or on some Facebook or Instagram post.
The bottom line is my advice to anyone coming to Bali as the Australians say, "no worries mate”.
If it was unsafe, I would have my family out of here in a heartbeat.
Those visiting Jakarta should also not change your travel plans at all but should avoid all the areas that protesters are active in.
They also should avoid large malls and especially entertainment VENUES that would be a terrorists Targets.
I feel sorry for my friends and associates in Jakarta that they must go through this again and again and again.
It's time for the GOVERNMENT to take a hard stance and enforce their law that states you cannot have a demonstration without a permit.
There's no question in my mind in the weeks or even days to come this will all be forgotten, and we will go back to Indonesia bettering itself under a second term president who has already proven to be a leader and a great choice for the people.
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Six dead, 200 injured in protests over Indonesia's election result
By Julia Hollingsworth and Devianti Faridz, CNN
Updated 0827 GMT (1627 HKT) May 22, 2019
Indonesian police shoot tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration outside the Elections Oversight Body in Jakarta on May 22, 2019.
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Six people were killed and more than 200 injured in Indonesia's capital amid angry protests against the results of the country's recent general election.
On Tuesday, the General Elections Commission confirmed that incumbent President Joko Widodo -- known as Jokowi -- had won 55.5% of the vote, securing a second term as leader of the world's third largest democracy.
His longtime rival, Prabowo Subianto, has claimed widespread ballot-rigging, and his camp said he plans to challenge the election results by filing a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court.
Cars after an overnight demonstration by the Elections Oversight Body in Jakarta on May 22, 2019.
By Julia Hollingsworth and Devianti Faridz, CNN
Updated 0827 GMT (1627 HKT) May 22, 2019
Indonesian police shoot tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration outside the Elections Oversight Body in Jakarta on May 22, 2019.
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Six people were killed and more than 200 injured in Indonesia's capital amid angry protests against the results of the country's recent general election.
On Tuesday, the General Elections Commission confirmed that incumbent President Joko Widodo -- known as Jokowi -- had won 55.5% of the vote, securing a second term as leader of the world's third largest democracy.
His longtime rival, Prabowo Subianto, has claimed widespread ballot-rigging, and his camp said he plans to challenge the election results by filing a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court.
Cars after an overnight demonstration by the Elections Oversight Body in Jakarta on May 22, 2019.
Hundreds took to the streets of Jakarta on Tuesday night, throwing stones and firecrackers at police as smoke billowed from cars that had been set alight. Police in riot gear fired teargas and water at protestors.
Six people died and another 200 were injured in the protests that erupted overnight, according to Jakarta's Governor Anies Baswedan.
On Wednesday, Jakarta woke to streets littered with rubble and the burnt-out shells of cars. Dozens of shops in central Jakarta were closed on Wednesday morning as hundreds of protestors again took to the streets, monitored by by riot police carrying shields and wearing protective gear.
Authorities had been preparing for risk of civil unrest -- there was already heavy security and barbed-wire barricades up in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Indonesian anti-riot police take a position to disperse the mob during an overnight violent demonstration near by the Elections Oversight Body in Jakarta on May 22, 2019.
A long rivalry
This year's election was the second time Jokowi and Prabowo have faced off.
Joko Widodo secures second term as Indonesia's president
The pair went head-to-head in the 2014 general election, when there was a feeling that democracy itself was at stake. At the time, Prabowo indicated that he would roll back democratic reform, while Jokowi, a self-styled man-of-the-people with no links to the military or the country's traditional elite, promised to protect hard-won gains.
After losing that vote, Prabowo slammed the election commission, citing "massive, structural and systematic cheating," but the Constitutional Court upheld Widodo's victory.
Indonesia's 2019 election was billed as one of the most complicated single-day ballots ever undertaken. For the first time, the country held its presidential and legislative elections on the same day, with more than 245,000 candidates running for over 20,000 seats.
Some 193 million people were eligible to vote across the archipelago's 17,000 islands, and more than 800,000 polling stations and six million election workers were involved.
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