Monday, June 19, 2023

Celebrity in Politics (Tempo, 20 June 2023)




Published on Tempo, 20 June 2023/Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa

My view on the 'Aldi Taher phenomenon', published by Tempo this morning. Instead of discussing the outdated debate on the competence of celebrities in the political arena, this op-ed focuses on the structural changes in Indonesia's liberal democracy that encourage the trend of popular celebrities in elections.

For full version, see here 

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Beyond Democracy’s Return: Jakarta’s Gubernatorial Election and the Mutation of Toxic Alliances (Fulcrum ISEAS, 8 Jan 2025)

 My commentary about the 2024 Jakarta's gubernatorial election was published in Fulcrum, please see full article here