Edition 58: Apr Jun 1999

Off to the polls

Women on the move

After three decades of patriarchal conformity under the New Order, women are once more a force for change

Habibie's fling

Just before an election, Habibie finds the temptation to buy himself a TV network too hard to resist

New Order old school

The struggle for democracy has slowed because ‘opposition’ leaders, all of them schooled under Suharto, are afraid of the people

The electoral reforms

Parliament on 28 January approved the legal foundation that will govern the new political party system and the ‘99 election. A complete draft of the law had not yet emerged by mid-February. Here we note some points crucial for the outcome and credibility of the election.

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