200 million indonesians are eligible to vote in an election which will choose a successor to presidentjoko widodohugely popular but has reached the limit of two terms in office. all three rival candidates to replace him are promising to continue his development — and infrastructure—focused policies — but the front—runner, prabowo subianto, is a controversial figure. as our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from jakarta, long after the end of dictatorship here, some things still aren't settled. families of those who died or disappeared in the last months of the suharto regime have been protesting outside the presidential palace every thursday for 17 years, demanding answers. this man is one of the disappeared, presumed kidnapped by special forces. "every week we campaign to stop human rights abusers being elected," he said. and he showed me the words printed on his t—shirt. "bring back those who disappeared. don't let him rule the country." by "him" he means prabowo subianto, the former special forces commander and son in law of suharto. this is him 26 years ago, just before he w

his one time adversary and today, the most popular political figure in indonesia outgoing presidentjoko widodoent's son his running mate, bringing a decidedly dynastic flavour to this election. presidentjokowi's poll ratings remain astonishingly high for a leader who's been in power ten years. but he's now being accused of misusing that popularity and the power and resources of the presidency to extend his influence beyond his constitutional term limit. in these last days of the campaign, there's been a flurry of online debates highlighting the dangers of a jokowi prabowo axis. do you seejokowi as a threat to democracy? yes. the word may be big, strong, but, yes. even though he's so popular, he's got such a great reputation. democracy has nothing to do with the popularity. rival parties have been struggling to match the momentum of the prabowo campaign that indonesia has such a lively and well—regarded democracy after only 25 years is an impressive achievement. but no one is quite sure which way it will go after this election. jonathan head, bbc news, jakarta. uk 0pposition leader sir keir sta

indonesian polls will choose a successor to presidentjoko widodo, who is still hugely popular but hasong after the end of dictatorship here, some things still aren't settled. families of those who died or disappeared in the last months of the suharto regime have been protesting outside the presidential palace every thursday for 17 years, demanding answers. this man is one of the disappeared, presumed kidnapped by special forces. "every week we campaign to stop human rights abusers being elected," he said. and he showed me the words printed on his t—shirt. "bring back those who disappeared. don't let him rule the country." by "him" he means prabowo subianto, the former special forces commander and son in law of suharto. this is him 26 years ago, just before he was dismissed from the army, accused of ordering the kidnapping of activists... ...and of masterminding this — the chaos and rioting which preceded suharto's resignation. today, he's the front runner in the election. the transformation of prabowo's image from feared military hard man to cuddly, avuncular candidate is the most rem

his one—time adversary and today, the most popular politicalfigure in indonesia, outgoing presidentjoko widodoly dynastic flavour to this election. presidentjokowi's poll ratings remain astonishingly high for a leader who's been in power ten years. but he's now being accused of misusing that popularity and the power and resources of the presidency to extend his influence beyond his constitutional term limit. in these last days of the campaign, there's been a flurry of online debates highlighting the dangers of a jokowi prabowo axis. do you seejokowi as a threat to democracy? yes. the word may be big, strong, but, yes. even though he's so popular, he's got such a great reputation. democracy has nothing to do with the popularity. rival parties have been struggling to match the momentum of the prabowo campaign. that indonesia has such a lively and well—regarded democracy after only 25 years is an impressive achievement. but no one is quite sure which way it will go after this election. jonathan head, bbc news, jakarta. a state of emergency is in place in reykjanes peninsula after the volcano that

that's incumbent presidentjoko widodo. that's really taken the steam — widodo.y the candidate backed by the largest— the candidate backed by the largest pdi ip. he'd been counting onjoko largest pdi ip. he'd been counting on joko widodo's support. once you switch sides, he's _ support. once you switch sides, he's been — support. once you switch sides, he's been in third place with the other— he's been in third place with the other candidate is a former governor— the other candidate is a former governor of jakarta. the other candidate is a former governor ofjakarta. sort of governor of jakarta. sort of governor ofjakarta. sort of professorial, very smooth on the campaign trail. he's got the campaign trail. he's got the backing of islamic groups who've — the backing of islamic groups who've not played such a big rote — who've not played such a big rote in — who've not played such a big role in this election as previously. a lot of people are very— previously. a lot of people are very impressed by his fluency in the — very impressed by his fluency in the articular

one industry outgoing presidentjoko widodo has been keen to develop is electric vehicles, with potentialjobs up and down the sector, that is already showing signs of growth. state—run charging stations like this are growing in number. and the private sector is getting into the game too. korean car—maker hyundai is already manufacturing ev cars here. and while all this investment does create jobs, there are still some question marks about the ev supply chain. we see that what happened in the nickel industry, only selected areas in indonesia got this concentration of investment, and if we look at that area, who are the people that work in that area? they are not the local people. they are mostly, like, maybe outsiders. so we see that the spillover from the investment to the local people are not that significant. for indonesia's next president, the challenge on the jobs front is twofold. creatingjobs, notjust for indonesians, but enough jobs to meet the number of young people entering the workforce each year. here in the the uk, growth in wages slowed to 6.2% in the last three months of last ye

incumbent presidentjoko widodo has reached his term limit.yes, that has heightened public interest. social media is also expected the battleground of hateful content and disinformation ahead of the election. your research has shown that public comment online for preferred candidates and parties has often veered into hate speech ? what are some of the examples and the consequence there? my my research last year during june and july was part of the greater internet freedom project. i monitored horrible content on social media and ifound monitored horrible content on social media and i found at least 60 instances of hate speech for the 45 had political overtones targeting presidential candidates. before they were named as presidential candidates by the indonesian election commission. i can give you an example of the first candidate mentioned on x, previously twitter with hashtag in english means a lying governor. there also posts of one minute videos with muslim religious leaders, as we know in the 2017 election jakarta religious leaders, as we

up against two former provincial governors in the contest to replace the popular outgoing presidentjoko widodot's bring in steve. thanks very much. i am here at the venue for the prabowo subianto party watch party as the election results continue to come in. we have early indications showing he is the clear favourite with about 58% of the vote compared to his rivals anies baswedan were 25% and ganjar pranowo it with about 17%. we are expecting him to arrive later this hour and you can maybe her behind me in the indoor sports hall, it is a whole often used fair concerts, music starting to come out from that which is why we are not in there. we are waiting to see him arrive today and see when he claims victory as we expect he might, given at the margin he leads by at the moment. to get more on the election that has been happening today i am joined by alexander turner from the indonesia programme at nanyang technological university in singapore. first to get your reaction to the quick numbers we have seen that have come out very much in favour of prabowo. . ~ come out very much in favour of prabo

up against two former provincial governors in the contest to replace the popular outgoing presidentjoko widodo

going to the - workforce to help support indonesia's economy growth. 0ne industry outgoing presidentjoko widodovelop is electric vehicles, with potentialjobs created up and down the sector, that is already showing signs of growth. state—run charging stations like this are growing in number. and the private sector is getting into the game too. korean car—maker hyundai is already manufacturing ev cars here. and while all this investment does create jobs, there are still some question marks about the ev supply chain. we see that what happened in the nickel industry, only selected areas in indonesia got this concentration of investment, and if we look at that area, who are the people that work in that area? they are not the local people. they are mostly, like, maybe outsiders. so we see that the spillover from the investment to the local people are not that significant. for indonesia's next president, the challenge on the jobs front is twofold. creatingjobs, notjust for indonesians, but enough jobs to meet the number of young people entering the workforce each year. here in the the uk, growth in wa

up against two former provincial governors in the contest to replace the popular outgoing presidentjoko widodoi. good to speak to you. as we speak at the moment, prabowo subianto is ahead in the early counting and it looks like he will lead the count. i'm standing outside the hall where the venue for the after party, or where we are expecting prabowo to be arriving soon. behind me there is a line of photographers and camera is gearing up to welcome his arrival, there is a crowd in front of me as well. i'm a bit worried we might get jostled out of position while we are talking to you if he does arrive, but we will play at bay until then. i enjoyed her today, this evening, ljy i enjoyed her today, this evening, by our southeast asia correspondence, great have you with us, because we started the morning talking about what to expect with this election and the polls indicated prabowo could when this and it looks like he has exceeded expectations from the polls. the olls over expectations from the polls. the polls over the — expectations from the polls. the polls over the last few weeks have steadil