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IndonesianTalk.com — Betting on a President’s Fall: A New Playground for Oligarchic Power? By Dr Eko Wahyuanto The recent uproar across Indonesia’s digital sphere over online betting markets speculating whether President Prabowo Subianto will step down or be removed before 2027 is more than mere internet chatter. What appears at first glance to be a harmless prediction game has gradually evolved into a political spectacle capable of distorting public perception and distracting national attention from substantive policy agendas. The issue deserves closer scrutiny because the implications go far beyond social media trends or online gambling. From a cybersecurity and political communication perspective, the phenomenon may represent a dangerous commodification of state legitimacy itself. In an increasingly interconnected region, political instability in a major country like Indonesia inevitably affects broader regional confidence. When speculative betting markets involving the possible collapse of a presidency attract hundreds of millions of rupiah in wagers and…