Magic Lost After Reformasi

The Post-New Order governments are not considered to have been successful at improving overall prosperity and some people now miss Suhartoa story of the irony of reformasi.

May 20, 2003

The woman suddenly put a stinging question. "Will Suharto nominate himself to become president again?

Sitting in her home—a decrepit shack made from bamboo and plywood—near a rubbish dump in the village of Sumompo, Manado, North Sulawesi, Darmina asked her question of TEMPO. Who knows what was going through the mind of the 42-year-old mother of two. It could have been her family's difficult life. Her husband, Yohanis, is a daily

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