Suharto's Leadership Style

Indonesia has a lot of people with different in terms of race, ethnicity, culture and religion. Now, new visual and social technologies are making possible for people to make decisions and solve complex problems collectively. After the resignation of President Sukarno, he appointed General Suharto to replace his position as President of Indonesia. On March 12, 1967 officially Suharto started his era who known as New Order. Suharto government which he called the New Order into development and economic progress as its main priority. This is done by applying authoritarian style through streamlining policies of political parties and the application of a single principle. In practice, acts of intimidation, coercion and violence experienced by those

In fact, observers also agreed that the triumph of democracy in Indonesia is marked by the fall of the New Order regime, but the main trigger for the collapse of authoritarian regimes is not from the people but more due to the economic crisis that occurred in 1997-98 as well as various tensions among elites in the circle Suharto's rule. Consequently, while the popular movement disorganized and too weak to influence the political institutions, the political elite who had previously been in the circle of the New Order regime is able to regain control of the political institutions after the transition, and finally they tend to sneak a personal interest in the design and implementation of policies, both at central and regional levels, regardless of the interests of the people. Democracy was still held hostage in the pattern of elite

Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism (CCN) rampant, especially in the 1990s. Do not respect human rights, and to spread racial issues, strangely he fell also due to the burning issue of race that he started. Indonesian development uneven and the emergence of the development gap between the center and the regions, partly because most of the local wealth is sucked into the center. The emergence of a sense of dissatisfaction in some areas because of the development gap, especially in Aceh and Papua. jealousy between locals and the migrants who obtain government benefits are quite large in their first years. Increasing social inequality (difference unequal income for the rich and the poor). Silenced criticism and opposition is forbidden. Freedom of the press is limited, characterized by many newspapers and magazines were banned. The use of violence to create security, among others, with the program "Mysterious Shooting"