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Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>The presumed election victory of Indonesian presidential candidate <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PrabowoSubianto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrabowoSubianto</span></a> – a former army general with a history of alleged involvement in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/disappearances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disappearances</span></a> – marks a dark chapter in the country’s history, activists have warned, while vowing not to give up their fight for justice. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a></p><p>‘Winter is coming’: activists’ fears as <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Prabowo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prabowo</span></a> Subianto likely wins <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> election<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/indonesia-presidential-election-results-prabowo-subianto-likely-victory" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/feb</span><span class="invisible">/15/indonesia-presidential-election-results-prabowo-subianto-likely-victory</span></a></p><p>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111932694897128859" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/111932694</span><span class="invisible">897128859</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Political veteran <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Prabowo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prabowo</span></a>, a former special forces commander, had about 58% of votes according to four pollsters, based on ballots counted in a sample of voting stations nationwide. The number of ballots tallied ranged from about 78% to 93% as of 1233 GMT. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>'s Prabowo claims victory in presidential election<br><a href="https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-prabowo-claims-victory-presidential-election/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rappler.com/world/asia-pacific</span><span class="invisible">/indonesia-prabowo-claims-victory-presidential-election/</span></a></p><p>Back toot:<a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111929613847493438" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/111929613</span><span class="invisible">847493438</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Voting in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> is unlike anywhere else; this is the biggest single-day election in the world, with more than 20,000 seats up for grabs, and voting taking place in three time zones across the archipelago of 17,000 islands. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BallotPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BallotPapers</span></a> are transported by planes, helicopters, speedboats and even ox-drawn cats to reach 200M voters. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a></p><p>Free coffee and pouring rain: Indonesians vote in world’s biggest one-day election<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/14/indonesians-vote-in-worlds-biggest-one-day-election" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/feb</span><span class="invisible">/14/indonesians-vote-in-worlds-biggest-one-day-election</span></a></p><p>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111924217710328265" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/111924217</span><span class="invisible">710328265</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Indonesian authorities were making final preparations ahead of Wednesday’s election, with around 25,000 police set to ensure security in a contest seen as a test of democratic gains made since the end of authoritarian rule 25 years ago. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> in final stretch ahead of world's biggest single-day election<br><a href="https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-final-stretch-world-biggest-single-day-election/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rappler.com/world/asia-pacific</span><span class="invisible">/indonesia-final-stretch-world-biggest-single-day-election/</span></a></p><p>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111917103901139746" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/111917103</span><span class="invisible">901139746</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Jokowi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jokowi</span></a>, as the incumbent is known, has not explicitly endorsed any of the three candidates vying to replace him as leader of the world's third-largest <a href="https://noc.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. But he has made highly publicised appearances with <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Prabowo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prabowo</span></a>, and his eldest son is running on the same ticket as vice president. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> students plan to protest alleged poll interference | Reuters<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-students-plan-protest-alleged-poll-interference-2024-02-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/asia-pacific</span><span class="invisible">/indonesia-students-plan-protest-alleged-poll-interference-2024-02-12/</span></a></p><p>Back toot: <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111916956516993013" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/111916956</span><span class="invisible">516993013</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>People aged under 40 now make up 52% of the electorate in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>, the world’s third-largest <a href="https://noc.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, while under-30s account for a third of voters. The scramble to win over the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/KeyDemographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeyDemographic</span></a> is intensifying.</p><p>Parties and candidates have embraced everything from giving away tickets to <a href="https://noc.social/tags/KPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KPop</span></a> concerts, to carefully curating their <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> feeds with <a href="https://noc.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> and viral <a href="https://noc.social/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dancing</span></a>. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Jokowi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jokowi</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/IDElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDElection</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/12/indonesia-election-2024-k-pop-tiktok-and-cats-the-fight-to-win-the-key-youth-vote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2024/feb</span><span class="invisible">/12/indonesia-election-2024-k-pop-tiktok-and-cats-the-fight-to-win-the-key-youth-vote</span></a></p>