Indonesia’s flourishing democracy
Thirteen years after Suharto was brought down, country blossoms into open society.
Published On 4 Mar 2011
Indonesia freed itself from the grip of dictatorship more than a decade ago to become the world’s third largest democracy. Corruption and violence remain serious issues, but the country also has a vibrant civil society.
And as the world’s most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia offers an example of how Islam and democracy go hand-in-hand.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Jogjakarta on what analysts have called a success story.
Source: Al Jazeera