ISEAS Perspective 2025/38

Author: Max Lane

Published: 26 May 2025

In the lead up to the Presidential elections and up until recently, the prevalent mode of political activity in Indonesia has been speculation. Much of this was focused on what the relationship would be between President Prabowo and the political parties, between President Prabowo and former President Joko Widodo and also between the President and Megawati Sukarnoputri and her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP). The PDIP is the only significant party that, as of April 2025, is not in the Prabowo government and around which there has been speculation as to whether it would take on an “oppositional” role.

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