Bogeyman: Accusations of being a communist or communist sympathiser are often hurled around during Indonesian elections. — Filepic/AFP
HOW severe will the damage be if either you or your parents are accused of being communists without any evidence?
September used to give Indonesian politicians an opportunity to slander their opponents as communists, perhaps because it is when the nation commemorates the abortive coup on Sept 30, 1965, blamed on the now outlawed Indonesian communist Party (PKI).
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Facing dirty tactics
French President Emmanuel Macron greeting Prabowo before their meeting in Paris. — The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
There is fear that Ganjar will become the puppet of PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (front, right) if he wins the election. — AFP
Anies on his one of his rallies around the archipelagic nation. The former Jakarta governor is facing stigmatisation as a politician with a penchant for identity politics due to his victory in the 2017 Jakarta election. — ANIES BASWEDAN/Facebook
Prabowo recently complained that every time he bid for the presidency, allegations would resurface that he was involved in kidnapping activists and gross human rights abuses in the late 1990s, when nationwide demonstrations erupted to force his former father-in-law Soeharto to step down. — AFP
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