The eyes of other ASEAN member states will be increasingly focusing on Indonesia’s presidential election and its results, given Indonesia’s important role in the region. As one of the biggest democratic countries and one of the initiators of ASEAN, Indonesia indeed has a significant role, especially in the progress of ASEAN integration. However, the candidates — Joko “Jokowi” Widodo-Ma’ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno — have not mentioned ASEAN, let alone included ASEAN integration in their vision and mission statements. Sooner or later, ASEAN integration could be the next “storm” of globalization for Indonesian citizens if the government is not well-prepared for the free mobility of professionals of other member states, to say nothing of its citizens. Furthermore, Indonesia would just be a market for the other ASEA...
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March 21, 2019 at 03:20PM
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