On the overheated stage of the Istora Senayan, south of Jakarta, Prabowo Subianto sketches a few dance steps to celebrate his electoral revenge, this Wednesday, February 14, crowning more than a decade of efforts to conquer Indonesia.
The 72-year-old former general with a weathered face triggers roars of pleasure from his thousands of young supporters, who came to celebrate his success in the first round of the presidential election, with around 55% of the votes, according to estimates.
A nod to a scene that went viral on social networks during his campaign, symbolizing the reinvention of the son-in-law of the autocrat Suharto as an idol of the youth of the third democracy in the world.
“
The people chose.
This is the victory of all Indonesians!
",
declared Prabowo, posing as a unifier and calling for "
unity
" in this mosaic archipelago of 270 million inhabitants, divided by religious and ethnic differences, and stretched over a string of islands as wide as...
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