How Is The Direction Of Indonesian Diplomacy If Prabowo Becomes President?

Prabowo Subianto (Photo: Doc. Gerindra Faction)

YOGYAKARTA The presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 02 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka managed to excel from his two rivals in the 2024 presidential election. As of Friday, February 16, 2024 at 14:12 WIB, the Prabowo-Gibran pair won 33,263,864 votes or 56.97 percent. Meanwhile, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD respectively pocketed 14,611,192 votes (25.02 percent) and 10,514,214 (18.01 percent).

This data can be seen from the 2024.kpu.go.id election site, the votes obtained by each candidate pair will still increase, considering that only 52.51 percent of incoming data.

However, based on the data above, it is very likely that Prabowo Subianto will be the next president, replacing President Joko Widodo whose term of office will end in October 2024.

So, what is the direction of Indonesian diplomacy If Prabowo becomes president? Let's look at the full information below.

Regarding the direction of Indonesian diplomacy if Prabowo is elected President of the Republic of Indonesia, a political observer from the University often Australia, Ian Wilson expressed his opinion.

To Al Jazeera, Ian said that Indonesia's foreign policy would not change greatly under Prabowo Subianto's administration.

"You may imagine that in general, he will continue Indonesia's non-block approach to the region," said Ian, quoted Friday, February 16, 2024.

According to Ian, Prabowo interpreted his foreign policy direction by saying he wanted to be friends with anyone.

"He does not want to take sides in any tensions in the region between the United States and China," said Wilson.

"In a broader sense, you will see the continuation of Indonesia's foreign policy norms," continued Wilson.

During the campaign period, Prabowo voiced the sustainability of Joko Widodo's government if he was later elected president.

Not only that, Prabowo even named his coalition the same as Jokowi's cabinet name, namely the Advanced Indonesia Coalition.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi hopes that the president elected through the 2024 General Election will continue to stand on the basic principles of Indonesian foreign politics in order to continue the success of diplomacy that has been achieved to this day.

Retno mengingih pemerintah selanjutnya dapat mempertahankan prinsip-prinsip diploma Indonesia, seperti prinsip bebas dan aktif serta semangat Deklarasi Bandung, yang membawa Indonesia dihormati di kancah dunia.

"Because with these principles, we are able to play the role of bridge builder (bridge builder), especially the proof is that when we were in the G20 Presidency and became Chair of ASEAN," said Retno, quoting Antara, Friday, February 16, 2024.

In addition, Retno also hopes that the elected president can bring Indonesia forward to take off in order to realize Indonesia's gold by 2045 and realize Indonesia's gold by 2045 and always prioritize the interests of the people.

For additional information, the presidential and vice presidential elections in the 2024 election were attended by three pairs, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar in serial number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD number 3.

Based on KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the recapitulation of the 2024 General Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.

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