How the ‘TikTok general’ became frontrunner in Indonesian election • FRANCE 24 English

Voters chant their support for the Indonesian presidential candidate General praboo subianto the 72-year-old the clear favorite has spent the campaign reaching out to young voters in the world’s largest Muslim democracy half the population is aged below 40 he’s been given the nickname The Tick Tock General young Indonesians see proo as someone

Cute it’s really joyful and positive Campaign this is The Mastermind behind sianto’s modern campaign using videos that have drawn millions of views on social media he’s given the candidate a fresh image that appeals to young people did this video went viral after a televised debate we analyzed Trends on social media to better Target our

Audience the strategy has worked subianto has been ahead in the poll since October but he also faces allegations about his past in the 1990s subianto LED crackdowns against opponents of the dictatorship that ruled Indonesia critics allege he ordered kidnappings torture and summary executions this man is one of his

Victims he was abducted by security forces in 1998 it seems that young people um support prao although if prao uh is appointed there will be setback the front runner has not only reinvented himself as a benign grandfather figure with the son of the popular outgoing president as his running mate

He also has the establishment on his side

Vote counting is under way in Indonesia’s presidential election, with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto taking a strong lead in an early, unofficial tally. Subianto has targeted the youth vote, particularly by making use of social media, earning himself the nickname the “TikTok general”. But the former military strongman’s reinvention hides a much darker past. The son-in-law of the former dictator Suharto, Subianto is accused of kidnapping, torturing and executing opponents. William de Tamaris reports from Java.
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41 comments

  8. When he's a general he only receive orders from above, governments and the president so is not right if they blame him because of the past. Instead he is become the sacrifice for the country and the government punish him and honorably discharge him from his position as general

  9. Only the western media keep harping.on the dark past. Most of the voters are youth. They didnt know and more importantly didnt care about his past. Of the three they voted a guy who can give them unity, peace anf stability. And the social.media transformed the candidate into a dancing cuddly grand dad and it worked. Most media was predicting a run off in the second round but he won decisively in the first round. A majority vote of 58% would be enough in any country. To give him his credit he was loyal in Jokowi's cabinet.
    If the cabinet is a huge tent including 80% of all the parties Indonesia future for next 10years looks beautiful.

  10. indonesians style and now indonesia is new era, we are not agains as a baby…. i love prabowo as gemoy and i love gibran as young peope for the future

  13. westerners always claim "people can change" when indonesia sentences drug traffickers with death penalty. is it not applied to this guy aswell? hypocrites.

  14. Prabowo is a nationalist and the opponent is Anies Baswedan who is conservative Islam. And i prefer living in nationalism country than in conservative religion. All of nation should support Prabowo.

  15. george bush is still not in prison dear americans, so stop commenting about how bad prabowo is, western history is all about stealing and you guys have a great econommy because of your colonization

  18. Dark past?

    How dark till you sabotage the land of aborigins, the land of Indians. European descendants have no right to speak humanity after what they and their ancestors did and still they do slavery.

    Those narcissistic pale creatures actually don't have a single right to dominate Asia, Africa, America, and Australia Continent.

    Western Union now in worries cause the dark past general will continue to defend his country, and no one can sabotage its natural wealth. Thus, they use their medias to spread bad words….

  25. not my choice because i want Indonesia to be a dignified country, not the cheesy one. but congrats mr. prabowo, i voted for you in 2014 and 2019 because you were very charismatic, now you won the election so my curiosity of your leadership will be answered completely.

  29. Mind ur own business. We're fine here. Don't compare military background issue from another country to Indonesian case. SBY became president of Indonesia for 10 years and no such thing like dictatorship government happened.

  32. If you believe the future is belong to the youth, why don't you embrace them with yours?
    Prabowo-Gibran at least has show it.
    0:19 Young Indonesians, the world is yours.

  33. Prabowo win is a win for secularism and pluralism. The other candidate (Anies) is supported by hardline muslim groups and has publicly said unlike jokowi he will “respect freedom of speech” of groups wanting to change the country into islamic sharia state. Indonesian minorities voted overwhelmingly for Prabowo.

  38. Indonesia from a republic to a kindom. It's all about dynasty-building, oligarchy and nepotism, the occurrence of intimidation, money politics, abuse of power, the worst electoral fraud in the history of Indonesian presidential elections.

  41. The key: If you see that western countries really hate other countries' leaders, there must be something they don't like, that doesn't mean that western countries care about your fate, no. actually they only care about their own interests. that's how they have always been.

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