People holds posters during a protest against a move to overturn a Constitutional Court ruling that changed eligibility rules for candidates in the general election later this year, in front of the East Java Provincial Parliament in Surabaya on August 23, 2024. Indonesian lawmakers scrapped a controversial plan to change election rules, a parliament official announced on August 22, after thousands rallied in the capital over a move seen to help the outgoing president build a political dynasty. - AFP
JAKARTA (Bloomberg): It took little more than 24 hours for Indonesian protesters to end a power grab by the nation’s elite, showing the depth of anger at dynastic politics and democratic backsliding in South-East Asia’s biggest economy.
On Wednesday evening, after lawmakers aligned with President Joko Widodo and President-elect Prabowo Subianto tried to undercut a day-old Constitutional Court ruling on the upcoming regional elections, students, unions and opposition parties acted fast.
