Between Ganjar’s anti-Israel stance and Prabowo’s Ukraine initiative

Presidential hopefuls: Prabowo (left) and Ganjar (centre) accompanying Jokowi (right) at a rice harvest in Lajer village, Kebumen regency, Central Java, in March. — Presidential Secretariat’s Press Bureau/The Jakarta Post/ANN

IF he wins the presidency next year, Ganjar Pranowo will likely follow the inward-looking preference of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, although from time to time, he will also try to appease the Islamists’ aspirations.

Meanwhile, Prabowo Subianto might, as president, present himself as the reincarnation of founding president Sukarno or end up impersonating Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan or Russia’s Vladimir Putin.