Reality bites for Indonesia’s Prabowo as approval rating falls
The decline reflects a disconnect between Indonesia’s still-respectable headline growth and how voters experience the economy, analysts say.
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s once-commanding approval rating has continued to slide in a new survey, as voters weigh his ambitious welfare and village-economy agenda against concerns over household finances and the government’s ability to deliver.
The poll by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) put Prabowo’s approval rating at 51.1 per cent, down from 81.2 per cent in November and 66.4 per cent in March, while dissatisfaction with his performance rose from 16 per cent in November to nearly 47 per cent in July.
Analysts said the slide reflected a disconnect between Indonesia’s still-respectable headline growth and how voters experience the economy, as worries about prices, jobs and purchasing power fuelled doubts about Prabowo’s policy priorities.
“This decline in public satisfaction levels is closely related to the decline in positive sentiment towards economic, political and law enforcement conditions,” Deni Irvani, executive director at SMRC, said on July 29 during the release of the survey, which polled 749 respondents from July 5 to 19.
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