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Indonesia's democracy still on shaky ground

"Democracy in Indonesia is irreversible and a daily fact of life," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the World Movement for Democracy's annual assembly, in Jakarta this month. To be sure, Indonesia's transition from authoritarianism to democracy, which began with Suharto's fall in 1998, has been remarkably successful. read more

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