Indonesian presidential front-runner stirs fears of ‘death of democracy’FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, waves to photographers as he leaves after attending a dialog held by country's anti-graft agency Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at its headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 17, 2024. “What will happen is the death of democracy,” said Hendardi, the director of the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace. The presidential hopeful, he said, had “learned a lot” from being surrounded by Joko and his supporters. Prabowo spent his early years in England and Switzerland and later attended Indonesia’s military academy. In 2020, Joko put Prabowo in charge of a programme aimed at curbing the country’s reliance on food imports.
