AIYA Links, 4 July: Let’s Vote

Election news

Plenty of places to go for analysis of next week’s presidential election: Melbourne University’s Election Watch blog, the ANU’s New Mandala, and the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter blog are all worth bookmarking.
For a youthful take on the election, you can’t go past Ayo Vote (Bahasa Indonesia)
But we feel that the sharpest analysis, as always, comes in the form of an Epic Rap Battle of Presidency.
Polling shows that the election will go down to the wire, with vote-rich provinces like East and West Java being places to watch.
Candidates had their wealth calculated by the anti-corruption commission.
Two high-profile media endorsements for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo today, from the Jakarta Post and The Economist.
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent rundown of the state of Indonesia’s economy as its people go to the polls—it is, you guessed it, at a crossroads.
Some good news: Indonesia’s corrupt former Constitutional Court chief justice has been sentenced to life.

‘A Bule’s Guide to Ramadhan’—Kirrilly McKenzie and Sophie Wadden take a light-hearted look at Ramadhan and how you can enjoy it with your Muslim friends in Australia and Indonesia.

Check out the great new positions advertised at the AIYA Job Board.
Fancy a political Saturday in Jakarta? At 14:00 tomorrow, you can go to either #KenapaPrabowo, an event featuring young thinkers supporting Prabowo-Hatta (including ANU alumnus and Mayor of Bogor Bima Arya), or a free stadium concert from artists in support of Jokowi-JK.

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