Who is the candidate for president who would I choose?

 

 

 

I would choose Prabowo as president of Indonesia because Prabowo is the only candidate who has a military background, but he is also a businessman. Compared to Jokowi, he does not have a clear achievements in Government, but compared to the ARB, he offers something ‘tangible’ for the people if he is elected as the President, namely: Making Indonesia as the Tiger of Asia, with a detailed development programs and a long term vision to restore the glory of Indonesia, just like the era of President Soeharto. Yep, though not entirely successful, however, Prabowo has assured the public that he has similar figure to Soeharto, which also his father in law, both in terms of firmness and integrity.

Unfortunately, although some of Indonesian citizens quite like him, but foreign investors do not like this former commander of Indonesian Special Forces, because it was feared that he would bring Indonesia back to the days of 'dictatorship', where the presence of foreigners in Indonesia will be complicated. Leading news companies like the NYTimes had write negative articles against Prabowo, and some superpower like the United States are also clearly does not like him. This means that if Prabowo gaining the seat of President, then foreign investors will probably getting out from Indonesia, including from the stock market.

In the open, in one of his political speeches, Prabowo also had criticized the government who prefers to take care the stock market rather than the keeping the low price of food and education for grassroot people. I don’t know, but I think if later Prabowo elected as President, then although Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) fell down to 2,500, he would probably not take any action. It must be admitted that during the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the government had gave enough care to the stock market, where the finance minister and other relevant officials would move quickly every time the index fell, including at the event of 2008 crisis. But at the time of Prabowo later, the stock market may not be privileged again.