spin-0Demonstrations were key to ensure that public rationality remains in place and prevent the ratification of these undemocratic changes to election laws in Indonesia. Given that rulings of the Constitutional Court are final and binding, lawmakers must implement them, instead of pushing for an overhaul.
spin-1While there is indeed a correlation between nationwide student protests on Thursday and the decision to postpone the ratification of the election law changes, the main reason for the delay was the lack of quorum. As candidate registration begins on Tuesday, it would be inadequate to raise the issue again next week.
There's a 7% chance that Indonesia will experience a successful coup d'etat before 2040, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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