Posts by Liliane Danso-Dahmen
Indonesiens neuer Präsident – eine Bedrohung für die Demokratie? Perspektiven aus Indonesien und Deutschland
Image by Vecteezy.com/Deni Prasetya Am 20. Oktober 2024 übernahm der Geschäftsmann und ehemalige General Prabowo Subianto offiziell das Amt des Präsidenten von Indonesien, dem viertbevölkerungsreichsten Land der Welt. Nach einem Erdrutschsieg bei den Wahlen im Februar, bei denen er von neun Parteien unterstützt wurde und rund 96,2 Millionen Stimmen und damit 58,6 Prozent erhielt,…
Read MoreIndonesia’s New President – Threat to Democracy? Perspectives from Indonesia and Germany
Image by Vecteezy.com/Deni Prasetya On 20 October 2024, businessman and former general Prabowo Subianto became the President of Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country. He took over from Joko Widodo after a landslide victory in the February election, in which he was supported by nine parties and won around 96.2 million votes, or…
Read MoreWho stands to gain in EU Trade deals?
Image by Unsplash/Alexandre Lallemand Josua Mata is the Secretary General of SENTRO, a progressive multi-sector trade union alliance in the Philippines. The text presented here is an excerpt from a conversation that Liliane Danso-Dahmen, regional director of the RLS office in Manila, had with Josua in October 2023. This conversation breaks down the role of…
Read MoreSocial Democracy or “Dutertismo”?
Image by Mayday Multimedia Although the official vote count only began today, the results of the 2022 Philippine presidential election are already more or less clear: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., the son of long-time dictator Ferdinand Marcos, appears to have won a landslide victory and will become the next President of the Philippines. Although he…
Read More“We Must Transition from Dirty Coal to Renewable Energy”
Activist Pius Ginting looks at the impact of Chinese investments in Indonesia Pius Ginting works for the Indonesian environmental organization Asosiasi Ekologi dan Emansipasi Rakyat (Action for Ecology and People’s Emancipation, AEER) based in Jakarta. AEER struggles for the improvement of natural resources management and helps build sustainable relationships of communities with their environment. He was an active…
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