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From Downplaying to Giving Illiberal Responses: Jokowi’s Populist Leadership Amidst COVID-19

Authors
Sakir1, *, Fairuz Arta Abhipraya2, Dyah Mutiarin3
1,2,3Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
*Corresponding author. Email: mas.sakir@fisipol.umy.ac.id
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Sakir
Available Online 29 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211227.033How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Populist Leader; Democracy Decline; COVID-19 Pandemic; Illiberal
Abstract

Many countries have proven that they could rise from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, each country has different results in overcoming this pandemic due to some factors, specifically their leaders’ role in responding to this pandemic. In Indonesia, Jokowi, as the official president has played central role in responding to the pandemic through his leadership. The rise of populist leaders in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic has become the main topic of holistic discussions among political scholars. This research aims to describe and analyse how Jokowi’s populist leadership respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This research uses the two-part populist leaders framework in making decisions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by Brett Meyer to classify Jokowi’s initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; and it is further developed through one of the populist types of framing, Cultural Populism. This research concludes that Jokowi’s initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic are a form of downplaying, and most of them are classified as cultural populism. However, worsening cases causes a significant shift in Jokowi’s responses, making them harsher by means of the enforcement of illiberal policies. He takes advantage of the crisis in the name of emergency, which results in the decline of democracy and violations of the Human Rights and the Freedom of Speech.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICSIHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211227.033
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2352-5398
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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