While TV pundits and social media commentators have been busy hashing out the personality differences between presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, little has been said about either side’s policies and platforms.
To that end, the Jakarta Globe presents a rough guide to the issues that matter:
Prabowo-Hatta:
Economic policy: Collaborate with the private sector and foreign investors; limit foreign investment; annual GDP growth of 7 to 10 percent; reject nationalization; anti-privatization; anti-trade liberalization; infrastructure investment (railways).
Political reform: Strong state control and centralization; fight graft; 30 percent quota for women in the cabinet.
Social: Build a national identity, fight intolerance.
Education & health care: State-funded 12-year compulsory education; require graduate doctors to serve in poor areas.
Energy: Review foreign investment in energy; encourage domestic investment; biofuel research; limit exports; pursue limited protectionism.
Defense: Better pay for police, soldiers and veterans.
Foreign policy: Cooperate with both China and Japan.
Jokowi-Kalla:
Economic policy: Gradual reduction of fuel subsidy; infrastructure investment (ports and airports).
Political reform: Fight graft in judiciary and tax office.
Social: End rights abuses; investigate past rights violations; combat religious intolerance.
Education & health care: Emphasis on behavior and ethics in schools; state-funded health care for the poor.
Energy: Limit energy imports; keep mineral export ban.
Defense: Increase military spending to 1.5 percent of GDP.
Foreign policy: Expand economic and naval ties with neighbors.
Source/Fuente: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/platform-politics-presidential-candi...
