In Indonesia Elections Fears Grow That Democracy Is Sliding Backwards Pro democracy activists and academics have repeatedly sounded the alarm bell about the oligarchic subversion of indonesia’s democracy. but things have deteriorated under jokowi – the. The day before indonesia’s general election on february 14, former journalist and indonesian political observer ben bland argued front runner former army general prabowo subianto would not turn indonesia into an autocracy if he was elected to succeed president joko “jokowi” widodo.
Talking Indonesia Democracy Under Threat Indonesia At Melbourne For the many observers who believed that it was prabowo’s 2014 defeat that allowed indonesian democracy to survive, his victory in 2024 is a harbinger of the country’s democratic decline. but indonesian democracy is more than just the attitudes and values of its political leaders. Caught between economic precarity and a hollowed out democracy, indonesia’s most vulnerable have risen to set limits on those in power, making clear that stability and accountability can no longer be traded off. Indonesia’s success in building democratic institutions and sustaining economic growth has been punctured by the recent widespread protests in august 2025. much ink has been spilled over the intra elite conflicts and institutional dysfunction that have sparked the protests. Reactionary, undemocratic elites in the incoming prabowo government, some with military or police backgrounds, are a danger to indonesia’s democracy. while the election was peaceful, vote buying and other forms of electoral fraud were widespread.
Talking Indonesia Democracy Under Threat Indonesia At Melbourne Indonesia’s success in building democratic institutions and sustaining economic growth has been punctured by the recent widespread protests in august 2025. much ink has been spilled over the intra elite conflicts and institutional dysfunction that have sparked the protests. Reactionary, undemocratic elites in the incoming prabowo government, some with military or police backgrounds, are a danger to indonesia’s democracy. while the election was peaceful, vote buying and other forms of electoral fraud were widespread. What is more concerning is not prabowo's authoritarian tendency or dislike of democracy but the predatory interests of oligarchs who have put a strain on indonesia's democratic institutions to further their political and economic powers. Though prabowo claimed to support democracy in his inauguration speech, he qualified that what indonesians need is a “polite democracy” (demokrasi yang santun) that is “unique to. He emphasized that the eiu’s assessment reflects governance under former president joko widodo, not the current administration of president prabowo subianto. The indonesian president, prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the suharto dictatorship. but he’s been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a young man by police in jakarta, the country’s capital.
Presidential Favorite In Indonesia Stirs Fears Of Death Of Democracy What is more concerning is not prabowo's authoritarian tendency or dislike of democracy but the predatory interests of oligarchs who have put a strain on indonesia's democratic institutions to further their political and economic powers. Though prabowo claimed to support democracy in his inauguration speech, he qualified that what indonesians need is a “polite democracy” (demokrasi yang santun) that is “unique to. He emphasized that the eiu’s assessment reflects governance under former president joko widodo, not the current administration of president prabowo subianto. The indonesian president, prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the suharto dictatorship. but he’s been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a young man by police in jakarta, the country’s capital.
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