New order grows old: Indonesia's succession crisis
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Indonesia is at the brink of the second political crisis in its postwar history. The Suharto regime is dealing with domestic political challenges before the May 1997 elections and the presidential poll in Mar 1998, when President Suharto will run for a seventh five-year term. Among the signs of the government's hard-line approach to the problems of political succession and public discontent with the Suharto government is the violent crackdown on the pro-Megawati supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party in July 1996. Another political problem is the ascendance of Islam.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1997
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Will the centre hold?
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There is a possibility of political, constitutional, and electoral reform in Indonesia in 1998. Many speculate that the release of Sri Bintang Pamungkas, a critic of the Suharto regime, and student leader Budiman Sudjatmiko, from prison may result in more political parties becoming involved in the political process. However, these political developments must take place in the midst of a collapsed economy and mass unemployment.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1998
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To right the wrongs
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Reforms instituted by new Indonesian president B.J. Habibie are laudable, but the people of Indonesia and East Timor are still subject to political and ethnic violence and human rights violations. Habibie ordered troops out of the area of Aceh in 1998, but riots and attacks on military personnel resulted in new military operations there.
Publication Name: The World Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0043-9134
Year: 1999
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