No images? Click here Can't wait for 2024 Valentine's Day... and also Indonesia's election dayEarlier this week on February 14, as expected, social media buzzed with Valentine's Day celebrations amid concerns of rising COVID-19 infections in the country. However, the talks were far from love and chocolates but on politics (even though love is indeed politics) because the Indonesian government has decided that February 14 in 2024 will also be the moment that Indonesians get to choose their new president. There's nothing much to say about the candidates who will replace President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo yet, but names like Ganjar Pranowo (Central Java Governor), Ridwan Kamil (West Java Governor), Anis Baswedan (Jakarta Governor) and even Jokowi's nemesis Prabowo Subianto have circulated in the public. Valentine's Day will never be the same again in 2024 for Indonesians. In the 2019 election, The Conversation Indonesia published analyses, reports and fact checking articles to our readers. For the next election, we invite academics and researchers to send their pitches and write stories on the Indonesian election. Send your pitch to: https://theconversation.com/id/pitches The Conversation Indonesia is also looking for 30 researchers to participate in our new program Science Leadership Collaborative. To learn more, please click this link. Bersiap: a shared history of mass violence that haunts Indonesia and the NetherlandsTo understand the politics of "Bersiap", we must refrain from the dichotomous framing of Netherlands/Indonesia as us/them that has plagued years of public debate on the two countries' colonial past.
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