'Soft Crackdown' / Demos Mount / Reshuffle Plan / SOEs + China V KPK / Lembong on BRI / E-Forex OK'd
A soft crackdown -- issuing charges of money laundering and treason against key lieutenants organizing demonstrations for Prabowo - entails both...
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Focus Now on Prabowo & "People Power" / Parliament Unchanged / Expect Yet More Caution / Uno Uneasy
Prabowo refused to concede defeat despite reliable Quick Counts showing a 55% Widodo win. Prabowo also fancifully claimed victory, denounced fraud...
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No Narrowing / Moderate Unrest Risk / Overseas Ballot Case / Tax Rule Tweaks / Quick Count Methods
Prabowo's rhetoric has become even more strident, but there is no reason -- and no data -- to suggest that he is drawing any closer. Reliable...
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18pt Lead Mitigates Prabowo-Related Risk / Islamic Parties Declining / PRC Textile Plan / 4th Debate
Two new and credible polls show Widodo leading by margins of 18-19 percentage points over Prabowo. This mitigates -- but does not entirely...
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Widodo Lead Intact / VP Debate Lacks Impact / Trade Slows / Permitting Impediment / PPP Chair Arrest
A new poll from Alvara concurs with last week's LSI data and shows Widodo's lead intact. A TV debate between the VP nominees was largely...
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