Militarism has strengthened in the 100 days of Prabowo Subianto’s cabinet. It has given rise to competitive authoritarianism.

Tempo’s People of the Year 2024 are those who managed to mobilize the public to make a move. Instead of individuals, they are movements or groups, not only in Jakarta but also in the regions. 

Despite various pressures, civil society movements provided much hope in 2024. They need to be more solid and strategically directed.

University lecturers mobilized to criticize the Jokowi regime. They became restless after the infamous Constitutional Court ruling.

Prabowo Subianto wants regional heads to be once again selected by Regional Legislative Councils. This would weaken democracy and deprive the people of a voice.

Mythical symbols of religion, like stains or sins, can open the mind to the possibility of human fallibility and wickedness.

In the face of ambivalence, who is evil? It is those who choose greater evil or lesser evil.

The PDI-P should distance itself from the Prabowo factor in the regional head elections and also refuse to enter into coalition with Prabowo. For the sake of democracy.

The Constitutional Court returns politics to the people. But voters will once again be spectators of a banal political circus.

The opportunity for Anies Baswedan to contest the Jakarta gubernatorial election is slipping away after the coalition of parties supporting him fell apart. There is a guerrilla from the Palace.

Jokowi was initially considered as a good person and a man of the people. But he broke the hopes of those who voted for him.

During his two terms in office, President Joko Widodo slowly but surely pulled back the progress of democracy. By the end of his rule, Indonesia transformed into a country characterized by autocratic legalism.

Infinite Earth responds regarding the revocation of Rimba Raya Conservation’s ecosystem restoration permit.

To prevent populism, we need to be critical, as Isaiah Berlin suggested.

The latest revision to the Constitutional Court Law severely restricts the independence of Constitutional Court judges. Perpetuating authoritarian power.

The surreptitious purchase of surveillance devices is a threat to democracy and to people’s rights to privacy. It is also prone to embezzlement and abuse.

Jokowi is taking Indonesia right back to the start of the Reformasi era. The right of inquiry could be a way to save democracy.

In an era of democracy, can the temptation of populism as practiced by Donald Trump be avoided?

The key to the victory of Prabowo and Gibran in the presidential election is political support from those in power. This is a reoccurrence of the New Order elections.

With his blatant cheating and partiality, Jokowi pushed Indonesia’s democracy to the brink of a cliff. We must fight back at the voting booth.