Megawati And The Irony of Our Democracy
Monday, November 6, 2000
The present political crisis shows us that Indonesia’s president and vice president must be elected directly, while legislators must be elected by using a district system.
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Democracy Indonesian-style is full of irony. And it is written most clearly in the fate of the part that takes its name from the concept, the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P.
This mammoth of the Indonesian political scene won the most votes in last year’s historic general election. It also won the most seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). But its leader Megawati Sukarnoputri had to settle for the vice-presidency. The
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