Word: suharto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...message was clear: the blessings of God would come only if President Suharto and his regime remained in power. The tree is the symbol of the government's political organization, Sekber Golkar. Last week, when 57 million Indonesians went to the polls in the country's first national elections in 16 years, a majority of them probably punched the sign of the banyan tree on the ballot. Exactly how many will not be known until mid-August, when President Suharto will announce the results. But since the government had already reserved the right to appoint 100 members...
...myth that the DAS is managed by a willful group of pretaped pre-programmed agents of the status quo, committed to extending the hegemony of the United States to the four corners of the earth. It won't work because it uses the guil?by-association technique-Sukarno-Mason-Suharto-Papanek-PKI-Vernon-Widjojo-in a community that is largely immune to that shabby approach. It won't work, most of all, because there isn't anything mysterious about the DAS. The DAS is doing exactly what it says it is doing. It is advising governments, as best...
MEANWHILE, the new government had outlawed the two-million member PKI and embarked on a massive pogrom which resulted in the slaughter of an estimated 500,000 Communists and suspected sympathizers. After the mass murders, Suharto imprisoned more than 100,000 others for alleged political offenses. Arbitrary arrests continued to be common, and last November the government began settling the prisoners as "colonists" in outlying areas of the country. Reported conditions of starvation and torture in Indonesian jails have been the subject of international protest, and even outside prison walls, local military officials have enforced systematic discrimination against politically uncooperative...
...unclear, however, that either Suharto or international capital has the best interests of the Indonesian populace at heart, or that another, perhaps socialist, form of economy might not better serve the needs of most people living in that country. It seems unlikely, too, on the basis of past conduct, that the Sukarno regime will countenance any change in policy besides any which it itself desires...
...publications, it would be perfectly possible for their names only to be deleted; the availability of the reports should be for purposes of policy appraisal, not for those of needless vilification. It is essential to recognize, however, that the official activities of prominent individuals and organizations, such as General Suharto or the DAS, are not a matter of private privilege but legitimate public concern...