Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's 'populist' style stokes dissatisfaction

Standing at a podium at a political party event in Jakarta, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto waved printed pages in the air.

"It could put me to sleep," he joked at the event last month.

He later quipped that his advisors often reminded him not to go off script and to avoid using "wrong words".

Those londo ireng still exist today," he said, adding that they could now be found among "journalists, reporters, analysts and NGOs".

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