SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT

The stranglehold of dynastic traditions.

SBS Indonesian

Follow and Subscribe

Boby Nasution campaigning to be mayor of Medan during the regional head elections 2020.
Bobby Nasution gets out and about during his campaign to be mayor of Medan in the province of North Sumatera in 2020. Source: Getty Images

On Wednesday 09 December 2020, Indonesia held regional head elections. The President’s son and son-in-law were elected mayor of Solo and Medan respectively.

Follow and Subscribe

Apple Podcasts YouTube Spotify Download (17.88MB)
Download the SBS Audio appAvailable on iOS and Android

Published

Presented by sri dean

Source: SBS

Skip to podcast episode content

On Wednesday 09 December 2020, Indonesia held regional head elections. The President’s son and son-in-law were elected mayor of Solo and Medan respectively.

Yoes C. Kenawas is writing a dissertation on the varieties of dynastic politics in Indonesia. He explains Jokowi’s motives and also the broader trend to dynastic politics in Indonesia. What does the trend reveal about opportunities for political participation?

Listen to SBS Indonesian every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 3 pm.

Follow us on Facebook and catch us on podcasts.

And you can keep abreast of the latest information about the corona virus in your language at sbs.com.au/coronavirus

Yoes C Kenawas at the megalithic site at Mount Padang, Cianjur, West Java, 2018.
Yoes C Kenawas believes the power of poltical dynasties has grown even stronger in the last two decades. Why? Source: Photo courtesy Yoes C. Kenawas, 2018.

Latest podcast episodes

Follow SBS Indonesian

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS Indonesian News

Watch it onDemand

Stream now