Prabowo Begins Year Two With Cool Indonesia Growth, Silent Polls

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto enters his second year in office facing mounting challenges — tepid economic growth, stubbornly high youth unemployment and a troubled multibillion-dollar free meals program. Now, a new concern looms: slipping voter support, obscured by a lack of credible public polling in his first year.

“The fact there have been no good polls made public since February indicates all polls have likely been detecting declining support for Prabowo,” said political analyst Kevin O’Rourke. “No polling client is willing to approve the release of findings that would irk the president.”