Febriana Firdaus

Febriana Firdaus writes the Voice of Papua newsletter.

Shades of Prabowo Subianto

In April 2019, Prabowo lost the election with almost 20 million fewer votes than his opponent. Nonetheless, he gave a so-called victory speech in front of his supporters, most of them conservative Muslims. He wasn’t satisfied with claiming victory; he also circulated a rumor about the fraud in the polling station and suspected that there was an effort to frame that he lost the election.

Shades of Prabowo Subianto