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Programmes 101 East
Testing democracy in Indonesia

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The world's third-largest democracy and one of its youngest, is preparing to go to the polls.
 
Indonesia's legislative elections come just 11 years after a student-led revolution forced the resignation of Suharto, the late dictator president, and there is no doubt that democracy remains a work in progress.
 
Members of the Suharto regime still hold top posts in government, and the country's military still has a powerful influence on policy.
 
On this edition of 101 East we ask what next for a democratic Indonesia?

This episode of 101 East aired from Thursday, April 2, 2009.

 Source: Al Jazeera
 
 
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