Opposition-Shy

Taufiq Kiemas’ plan to become the MPR Speaker divided the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. Disapproving party members were told to keep quiet.

September 1, 2009

THE status message in the Facebook social networking website had been written by Budiman Sudjatmiko, head of the Youth and Student Department of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), on Friday morning last week. It read: “The question is no longer whether or not PDI-P will be an opposition party, but how it can continue to rationally ignite the spirit of opposition in a democratic system...” Some people had posted various comme

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