Why a Prabowo presidency should make everyone nervous

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What’s revealing is that everyone in the media believed Prabowo was responsible. Prabowo was marked out for greatness early on. Born to an elite family, his military career progressed rapidly, and he gained political patronage in 1983 when he married the daughter of President Suharto. He was commander of Indonesia’s special forces and his alleged involvement in the disappearance of democracy activists towards the end of Suharto’s three-decade rule has haunted him ever since. He denies the allegations. Gain respect His first tilt at the presidency came in 2009 when he failed to get his party’s nomination. He then ran...