What to know about Indonesia's presidential election and front-runner Prabowo Subianto

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Published 2024-02-14
Votes are being counted after millions of people cast their ballots in Indonesia's presidential election. Front-runner Prabowo Subianto, the country's defense minister, has become a TikTok star, but also has a controversial past. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tokyo.

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All Comments (21)
  • @cd5642
    Noticed the mainstream media hates this guy…..he must be a good President
  • @TwistedMind001
    To get the facts straight, Prabowo was in fact officially honorably discharged from the military. He is currently still the minister of defense
  • @BOPENKK
    Ingat saudara2ku sebangsa dan setanah air dimana pun kalian berada(orang Indonesia) baik di dalam negri atau di luar negeri BERJANJILAH untuk diri kita semua, siapappun yg terpilih kita harus hormati,harmonis dan menjaga persatuan Tetep rukun dan damai Indonesiaku tetep pegang teguh pedoman bangsa Indonesia PANCASILA dan BHINEKA TUNGGAL IKA wajib kita junjung tinggi dan jaga 🙏🇮🇩 Jangan terpengaruh adu domba asing ingat kita ribut mereka yg diuntungkan NKRI harga MATI merdeka 💪🇮🇩
  • @muslih3999
    Ketika media Barat memperdebatkan pilihan mu berarti pilihan mu sudah tepat 02 ✌️👍🏼 Prabowo Gibran yang terbaik 02 ✌️👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
  • We don’t care what ever your opinion about him , we know western countries don’t like him because Prabowo will continue Jokowi policy to protect our natural resources so you guys will see he will make Indonesia Great ✌️✌️
  • @icetaurus2905
    Our founding father (Soekarno) once said, If the west hates someone, then he is a good person. So we choose him.... Prabowo-gibran for golden Indonesia 2045✌️🇮🇩
  • I am Indonesian and I miss a president who has a military background, is firm and brave and is not afraid of intervention from other countries.
  • @harukrentz435
    Indonesia 2024 berbeda dengan Indonesia 10 - 20 tahun yang lalu. Saya sering menonton video bagaimana aparat keamanan d India dan Perancis yang tidak segan-segan memukul, menyabet, menendang warga sipil di depan publik tapi jika kamu melakukan hal yang sama di Indonesia besoknya dia viral dan langsung dicopot dari jabatan. Netizens adalah true guardian angel of Indonesia, kami pernah dicap sebagai netizen paling tidak sopan se-ASEAN dan alih-alih intropeksi kami malah bangga dengan status tersebut. 😅
  • @henferdian
    Whatever you've said about him and his campaign methods, the fact that more than half of Indonesian citizens have chosen him as our president, one thing must be remembered, among all those voters are us the young generations, so don't you ever dare make any mess with our nation.
  • @syasyantik1923
    You foreign media are very evil in slandering Prabowo. If Prabowo were a cruel person, he would not get as much support. You just don't want Indonesia to become a developed country.
  • @snails6997
    The front runner: The questionable past of a chubby pixar grand dad, with the prince of the throne as runner mate. The runner up: Islamic backed religious political player with silver tongue, that split the country several years ago. The last place: Just a normal guy as an blindly loyal underling from another dynasty of the first president lineage.
  • @patriot4786
    Prabowo was the best graduate from US Special Forces Training in Fort Brag during the 1980s
  • @denisantoso2799
    For Elizabeth Palmer: 1. He was in fact honorably discharged from the Military; 2. He never stated anything about going to getting rid of political term limits: and 3. we don't give a shhttt about your tendentious personal opinion on him.
  • This is what the mass media and western leaders see from a military general named Prabowo. Even though they knew that not a single soldier who was also the son-in-law of the military commander-in-chief could refuse him. They should have seen Prabowo after he was no longer in the military, the humanist side of this general and his nationalism have never been doubted by Indonesians until now.
  • @ohio7876
    The US and CHINA is sweating like BALLS rn watching as the early unofficial election reasults roll out😂💀