JAKARTA: As student-led protests against austerity measures swept across Indonesia last month, President Prabowo Subianto hit back at critics of his policies by declaring that the country was on track to surpass many of the world’s most advanced economies by mid-century.
“Indonesia will be ahead of Japan, ahead of the United Kingdom, ahead of France,” he proclaimed at a coalition party ceremony on February 26. “Why then is Indonesia in the dark?”
