Politics of Indonesia
Indonesia is a constitutional democracy. After the fall of Suharto's prolonged authoritarian
regime in 1998 various constitutional amendments were made in
reduce effective power of the executive branch, thereby making
dictatorship almost
characterized
now
is
Indonesia
popular sovereignty manifested
parliamentary and presidential elections every five years. Starting from the fall of Suharto's New Order, which marked the
Reformation
of the
beginning
every election in Indonesia is regarded to be free and fair (although corruption and money-politics through
power or political positions
bought, are still persistent).