Prabowo’s Approval Rating Rises in Survey Before Market Turmoil

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto saw his approval rating climb to almost 80% in a survey last month that was carried out before one of the country’s biggest market selloffs since the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis.

About 79.9% of Indonesians interviewed said they were satisfied or very satisfied with Prabowo’s performance, according to the survey released on Sunday by Indikator Politik Indonesia. It polled 1,220 participants across the country from Jan. 15-21, and has a margin of error of 2.9%. The rating climbed from 78% in November, Indikator said.