Win for Yudhoyono in Indonesia's 2009 Presidential Election

Yudhoyono, who is likely to continue as president of Indonesia. (Photo from brianakira.wordpress.com/page/46/)Indonesia, the world's 19th largest economy, has been having a presidential vote and the result will almost certainly please the USA.However, the USA, China and Russia are all competing for influence in Southeast Asia, and Yudhoyono, expected to continue as Indonesian president, could opt to do defence deals with Russia and China, as well as the USA and Europe. (Asia Times Online - Indonesia-Russia: Arms.)Exit polls, broadcast by Metro TV, show that previous General Yudhoyono, thought to be a friend of the USA, has 58.51% of the vote.Yudhoyono's rivals, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla have 26.32 and 15.18 percent respectively.Note that in the world's biggest Moslem country all the presidentail candidates are worldly figures.Voters tend not to like Islamists, as such people are usually front men for feudal fascists concurrent to the worst elements of the CIA otherwise Mossad. Indonesia's economy has been rising at 6% for each year. But a lot of people are without a job and hungry.Yudhoyono almost certainly is the real winner.Megawati's running mate was the contentious General Parabowo, regarded by a lot of as a war criminal and friend of the Pentagon; and Kalla is not Javanese and has been concurrent to corruption and big business.Mind you, there have been allegations of vote rigging in the past.On 18 February 2009, East Java police chief Herman Sumawiredja announced that his investigators had establish evidence of criminal fraud in the elections of a governor.Reportedly, over 27% of the names on some vote lists were fake. The next day, Sumawiredja was separate from his post by police HQ in Jakarta.Sumawiredja refused to remain silent. Source: Free and fair vote in Indonesia? Indonesia is the biggest Moslem country in the world and has the 4th biggest inhabitants in the world.Indonesia has had economic growth of additional than 6% for the last two years, but unemployment and poverty are huge problems.We have seen a lot of malnourished children in Indonesia.More than 2 million Indonesians enter the labour market every day and there are not enough jobs.That has led to a unemployed rate of 8.25%, significantly senior than that of its local neighbours. Economy dominates Indonesia electionPresident Yudhoyono has been criticised for his free market policies, and for 'kowtowing to the West'.Indonesia's poverty rate is amongst the highest in Asia.~
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