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Date<\/strong>: November 17th, 2014 16.00-18.00
\nVenue<\/strong>: Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University<\/p>\n

Speaker<\/strong>:
\nDr.Ahmad Suaedy
\nDr.Okamoto Masaaki<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>:
\nRole of Volunteers and Deepening Democracy in the 2014 Indonesian Presidential Election
\nAhmad Suaedy<\/p>\n

\nUnlike in previous elections, the 2014 Presidential election revealed an interesting
\nphenomenon: the emergence of a movement by volunteers. These volunteers worked
\nboth individually and in groups, across all classes in society, from the lower classes
\nsuch as housewives, traders at traditional markets, musicians and the youth, to
\nbusinessmen and political figures. Their movement was not directly connected with
\nthe party supporting Jokowi-JK, although over the course of the election they did
\ncooperate. A similar thing had occurred previously when Jokowi and Basuki Tjahaya
\nPurnama alias Ahok ran in the 2012 regional election for Jakarta. This volunteer
\nmovement seems to resemble what Mashall Ganz described as \u201corganizing without
\nan organization\u201d after the election of Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential
\nelection.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis presentation will present the findings from research undertaken during the 2014
\nelection. The volunteers were a breakthrough for change, not only political change
\nand transfer of power, but also radical change to the tradition of Presidential elections
\nand the process of democracy in Indonesia itself. First, there were no transactions or
\nmoney politics to secure nomination as candidates on behalf of Jokowi-JK, neither
\nof whom were the leader of a party. This was because of, secondly, the wide spread
\nsupport from society, which was mobilised by volunteers. Volunteers also persuaded
\nthose who usually did not vote (golput) to attend a polling booth, without paying them
\nto do so. The decrease in percentage of no votes made a significant contribution to the
\nvotes won by Jokowi-JK.\n<\/p>\n

\nAlso of interest, and thirdly, is that the volunteers were motivated by \u201ctrust\u201d in
\nJolowi to spread a message of radical change due to his track record of initiating
\nradical change as Mayor of Solo in Central Java, and Governor of Jakarta. These
\nchanges include anti-corruption initiatives, transparency, order and cleanliness
\nand enforcement of a system of fairness in governance. Forth, both in the Jakarta
\nelection and the Presidential election, sectarianism was a negative weapon used in a
\nblack campaign against Jokowi, who was labeled a kafir (infidel), Chinese and not
\nreligiously observant. However this campaign was unable to prevent the election of
\nJokowi-JK as President and Vice President.\n<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

Politics of Transgender (Waria<\/em>) in the 2014 Presidential Election in Indonesia
\nOkamoto Masaaki<\/p>\n

\nOne of the most intriguing phenomena in the 2014 election in Indonesia was the
\nactive political participation of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) or the
\norganized LGBT. They strongly supported Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as the next president.
\nThey belong to the minorities and they tend to be discriminated politically, economically
\nand socially. They are sometimes the targets of physical attacks by the Islamic radicals
\nbecause their existence is considered to be against the Islamic teachings. Facing these
\nchallenges, they have actively formed the organizations to fight for their own human rights
\nor they are active to stop the diffusion of HIV\/AIDS especially after the democratization. But
\nthey were rather passive in real politics and elections. But the rise of Jokowi has changed
\nthis passive attitude. The political opportunity structure was widely opened.\n<\/p>\n

\nOne of the key factors of the winning of Jokowi as the president was the role of
\nvolunteers (relawan<\/em>) for him. Those who had no interest in politics or those who hated
\npolitics started to join the political volunteers for Jokowi. They supported Jokowi in the on-
\nline and off-line politics. And the Jokowi campaign team loosely organized them in every
\npart of Indonesia. The LGBT organizations joined this relawan movement. Almost all the
\norganized LGBT supported Jokowi because they believed that Jokowi would be the
\ndefender of pluralism, tolerant Islam and he would care for the weak and the minorities.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe most conspicuous organization among the LGBTs was the transgender
\n(waria<\/em>) organization, the Indonesia waria communication forum (Forum Komunikasi Waria
\nse-Indonesia) which has the branches all over Indonesia. The forum asked all the waria to
\nsupport Jokowi and openly orchestrated the demonstration to support Jokowi on the streets
\nin Jakarta and other parts of Indonesia.\n<\/p>\n

\nTheir voice is, of course, quite small, but their political visibility is quite important
\nfor the deepening of democracy in the plural society of Indonesia. If their voice can be
\ncontinuously heard socially and politically, it does show that Indonesia is in the second
\nstage of democratization.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"20141117-2","image":false,"all_day":false,"start_date":"2014-11-17 16:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2014","month":"11","day":"17","hour":"16","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2014-11-17 18:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2014","month":"11","day":"17","hour":"18","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":null,"utc_start_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":null,"utc_end_date_details":{"year":"1970","month":"01","day":"01","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Plural Co-existence Research","slug":"plural-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":20,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":43,"filter":"raw","id":20,"urls":{"self":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/20","collection":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":3680,"author":"3","status":"publish","date":"2014-10-03 15:44:25","date_utc":"2014-10-03 06:44:25","modified":"2014-10-03 15:44:25","modified_utc":"2014-10-03 06:44:25","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/venue\/room-no-107-on-the-first-floor-of-east-building-cseas-kyoto-university-4\/","venue":"Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University","slug":"room-no-107-on-the-first-floor-of-east-building-cseas-kyoto-university-4","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/venue\/room-no-107-on-the-first-floor-of-east-building-cseas-kyoto-university-4\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"sea-sh.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=3680","global_id_lineage":["sea-sh.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en?id=3680"]},"organizer":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Special Seminar on “Indonesian Presidential Election 2014”","description":"<p>Date: November 17th, 2014 16.00-18.00 Venue: Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Speaker: Dr.Ahmad Suaedy Dr.Okamoto Masaaki Abstract: Role of Volunteers and Deepening Democracy in the 2014 Indonesian Presidential Election Ahmad Suaedy Unlike in previous elections, the 2014 Presidential election revealed an interesting phenomenon: the emergence of a movement by volunteers. These volunteers worked both individually and in groups, across all classes in society, from the lower classes such as housewives, traders at traditional markets, musicians and the youth, to businessmen and political figures. Their movement was not directly connected with the party supporting Jokowi-JK, although over the course of the election they […]<\/p>\\n","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/en\/event\/20141117-2\/","startDate":"2014-11-17T16:00:00+09:00","endDate":"2014-11-17T18:00:00+09:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University","description":"","url":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/sea-sh\/venue\/room-no-107-on-the-first-floor-of-east-building-cseas-kyoto-university-4\/","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress"},"telephone":"","sameAs":""}}}