Summary
- Former General Prabowo Subianto, accused of human rights abuses and linked to violence during the fall of Soeharto, is being sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president.
- Prabowo has shown disdain for democracy and aims to revert Indonesia back to pre-Reformasi authoritarian rule.
- Under his leadership, repressive laws are being reinstated, press freedom restricted, and civil society activism curtailed.
- The new administration may usher in a return to the New Order model characterized by powerful elites and limited democracy.