| Book Title | Opposing Suharto |
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Opposing Suharto
OPPOSING SUHARTO
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At first, the pessimism seemed to be justified. Beginning with the ban of three of Indonesia’s highest-circulation and most widely respected current affairs magazines in June 1994, the government began to wind back keterbukaan.
It arrested some of the most outspoken critics and expelled others from the formal political system (the most famous example being the removal of Megawati Soekarnoputri as head of the Indonesian Democracy Party [PDI] in 1996). Eventually, Suharto’s regime did come to a spectacular end.
In the early months of 1998, the Asian financial crisis wreaked a devastating impact on the Indonesian economy.
There was a growing barrage of public criticism directed at the president by academics, Islamic leaders, human rights activists, journalists, and other public figures.
A wave of student protest swept the country, stretching the capacities of the military.
Violent rioting occurred on the streets of Jakarta, causing over one thou¬ sand deaths.
This dramatic escalation of unrest precipitated a fracturing of the ruling elite. Some of the president’s most loyal lieutenants deserted him. Finally, on the morning of May 21, 1998, Suharto resigned.
Even during the mass unrest that led to Suharto’s downfall, however, opposition remained poorly organized.
There was certainly no central co¬ ordinating body for opposition, as in some struggles against authoritarian rule.
To be sure, certain leaders of formal organizations did play an important role in criticizing the government, such as Amien Rais, the head of the large Islamic organization Muhammadiyah.
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