Sana Jaffrey

Apr 1, 2024 | newmandala.org | Stephen Sherlock |Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton |Edward Aspinall

On 14 February Indonesians did not only elect a new president, but also 580 members of the parliament, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR). The first four post-Suharto parliamentary elections were subject to great scrutiny, being scheduled months before the appointment of the president (in 1999) and the direct election of the president (from 2004).

Feb 16, 2024 | newmandala.org | Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton |Nava Nuraniyah |Edward Aspinall

According to all credible quick counts, Prabowo Subianto will be the next president of Indonesia. He and his running mate, President Joko Widodo’s son Gibran Rakabuming Raka, won the three-way race with a convincing 58% of the votes, easily clearing the 50% threshold required to win in a single round.

Oct 5, 2023 | carnegieendowment.org | Sana Jaffrey

On February 14, Indonesia will hold the world’s largest single-day election to elect a president and vice president, along with nearly 20,000 representatives to national, provincial, and district parliaments from a pool of a quarter-million candidates. Since Indonesia’s democratic transition in 1998, voting has become a highly celebrated act of civic life. Nearly 200 million voters go to the polls every five years and dismiss about half their lawmakers in free and fair elections.

Apr 16, 2023 | newmandala.org | Greg Fealy |Gatra Priyandita |Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton

Much has been written of late on the growing relationship between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), particularly its economic aspects. Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as the largest Gulf-state investor in Indonesia, with bilateral trade projected to grow from the US$4 billion in 2021 to US$10 billion by 2030. Some US$44.6 billion in future Emirati investment has been promised, including joint development of major infrastructure, energy and IT projects.

Mar 28, 2023 | newmandala.org | Gatra Priyandita |Douglas Kammen |Sana Jaffrey |Eve Warburton

“Please tell me how I can make companies obey the law,” the official said. He was exasperated by the companies whose oil palm plantations saturated the sub-district he headed in Indonesian Borneo. Their managers refused to give him information, address complaints or even come to his office when called, he told me and my co-researcher Pujo Semedi. His complaint was not unusual.