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In Indonesia, there are many parties, but they are all pro-business and for the elites, and all their candidates, including Jokowi, are pre-selected, and pre-approved, by the regime. So no matter how people vote here, it changes nothing.

Andre Vltchek

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Andre Vltchek
Age: 57 †
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
Died: 2020
Died: September 22
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