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Indonesia
Dutch Colonialism
President Sukarno
1945-1967
Balancing between the
Military (right)
and the Communists (PKI)
Diversity
October 1965 Coup
President Suharto, 1967-1998
Time cover 1966
• The New Order
• Dwifungsi (Dual Function)
US Anti-Communist Ally
(and eventually important trading partner)
Economics
• Oil
• 1986 begins economic reforms (East Asian
Model)
• A Tiger?
• Or more than that?
– A BRIC?
1997 East Asian Crisis
Investment and GDP
GDP Growth
IMF Loan Signing
1998 Protests
Protests Become Riots
after military response
Over 5,000 Deaths
May 21, 1998, Suharto Resigns
The Beginning is almost the End
Timor L’este
Democracy Begins
Constitution (1945 with amendments)
Executive
President
Cabinet
Ministries
Legislative
Judicial
People’s Consultative
Assembly (MPR)
*Bicameral Parliament
*5 year terms for each chamber
*elected at the same time
Legislative Branch
(How Elections Work)
MPR
DPR
DPD
House of
Representatives
560 seats
(Lower House)
Regional
Representative
Council
132 seats
(4 from each Province)
(Upper House)
Special Requirements
• Party must have 3.5 % of national vote to qualify for
any seats
• 1/3 of candidates on party list must be women
• To run, a Party needs:
– a regional chapter in every province in the country (with
a permanent office)
– a chapter in at least 75 percent of each province’s
regencies or municipalities (with a permanent office)
– a chapter in at least half of each regency’s or
municipality’s districts (permanent office not required)
– at least 1,000 members
President Abdurrahman Wahid,
1999-2001
President Megawati Sukarnoputri
2001-2004
Pres. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)
2004-2014
Economic Growth
Economic Growth
MPR Seats
2014 Schedule
Campaign Schedule Rules
• Campaign period for 2014 legislative
elections: January 11 through April 5
• outdoor rallies, banners, large meetings, and
campaign advertisements in mass media will
only be allowed from March 16 to April 5
• campaigning will cease four days prior to the
election (April 9)
Major Parties
Preliminary Results
Presidential Election
• To nominate a Presidential Candidate:
– a party needs at least 25% of the popular vote in
parliamentary elections—or 20% of the seats
• First Round July 9, 2014
• Pres/VP combo wins with
– 50 percent of the vote nationwide; and
– more than 20 percent of the vote in over half the
provinces
• If no one achieves this in first round, second
round held between top two candidates
(September if necessary)
Candidates?
Frontrunner
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (PDI-P)
(Jokowi)
Golkar Candidate
Aburizal Bakrie
Gerindra Candidate
Prabowo Subianto