当地时间17日,印度尼西亚迎来5年一次的总统大选。这是总统佐科·维多多退役与普拉博沃·苏比安托自2014年总统大选以来的第二次对决。
Local time 17th Apr, Indonesia Presidential Election, which happens every five years, took place. This election is the second time where Joko Widodo run against his rival, Prabowo Subianto since 2014.
目前,多家私营民调机构的非官方统计显示现任总统佐科以至少七个百分点领先,预计会成功连任。
Currently, multiple privately-run polling organization released their unofficial result, which shows that Joko Widodo leads by at least 7% and is expected to be successfully re-elected.
然而,两位总统候选人都曾于当天傍晚宣称获得大选胜利。反对党质疑民调结果,普拉博沃进一步呼吁他的支持者:不要让胜利被夺走。
However, both presidential candidates both declared to win earlier in the evening from their own data. The opposition party questions the unofficial result and Mr. Prabowo urged supporters to be vigilant against any attempts to steal the election.
官方选举结果预计于5月初由印尼选举委员会公布。获胜者将于今年10月宣誓就职,任期至2024。
The official result will be announced by the election committee in early May. The winner will take office in Oct this year and his term will last to 2024.
在大选过程中,印尼与中国的关系成为一个焦点。佐科就任期间印尼加入中国的“一带一路”项目并合作建设雅万高铁。而普拉博沃多次反对佐科的“亲中政策”。这次选举的结果对印尼和中国未来5年的关系有巨大的影响。
During this election, the relationship between Indonesia and China became a spotlight. During Mr. Widodo’s term, Indonesia joined China’s Belt & Road Initiative and the two countries co-operated on the Jakarta-Bandung railway project, while Mr. Prabowo criticized Mr. Widodo’s ‘pro-China policy’ on multiple occasions throughout his campaign. The result of this election will be crucial to the relationship with China in the next 5 years.