Indonesia needs to break the habit of living dangerouslyBy Karishma Vaswani / Bloomberg OpinionIndonesia’s first president, Sukarno, famously titled his 1964 independence day address Tahun vivere pericoloso — the year of living dangerously. The top-down governing style of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto — a military man who was once Suharto’s son-in-law — risks compounding this uncertainty and deterring overseas investment. They also claim the process involved undisclosed conflicts of interest and improper gains of about 809 billion rupiah for Makarim. He denies all charges and has entered what is known in the Indonesian legal system as an objection plea, challenging the validity of the case. Previously, she was the BBC’s lead Asia presenter and worked for the BBC across Asia and South Asia for two decades.
