Posts with tag: Hero

Of heroes and villains: Prabowo’s playbook for power and historical revisionism

By elevating figures like Soeharto, the government legitimises past authoritarian rule and normalises such practices in the present, thereby strengthening the current president’s grip on power. This strategy allows the government to consolidate authority while sidestepping accountability.

Naming Soeharto a national hero undermines democratic reforms

Analysis, History

10 November is Indonesia's Heroes’ Day, and President Prabowo Subianto is a few steps closer to declaring his former father-in-law, the late autocrat president Soeharto, a national hero. It seems the government’s Council for Titles, Medals, and Honours, chaired by Minister of Culture Fadli Zon, may reframe Soeharto’s legacy as a corrupt, autocratic ruler with a more positive image by awarding him the hero title.

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Date created: 1 July 2015

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