First Debate

Dr Nyarwi Ahmad, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Asia Institute at Melbourne University, and senior lecturer in Political Communications in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Gadjah Mada University, talks about the first debate between candidates in the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Election.

The candidates at the televised debate held on Jan 17, 2019. Photo: REUTERS - 17 Jan 2019. Source: Photo: REUTERS - 17 Jan 2019.

How successfully did the Presidential candidates deliver their plans for Indonesia’s future in the first election debate? Has the quality of debate improved since the last election? Dr Nyarwi Ahmad answers these and related questions about the first debate in the election campaign.

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