INDONESIA-POLITICS: A tale of two political clans: The Marcos and Soehartos
In this photograph taken on March 9, 2014, a poster bearing the portrait of the late Indonesian dictator Soeharto with a slogan, “Hi, how are you? It was better in my time, eh?”, is seen in Karanganyar, Central Java.(AFP/Anwar Mustafa)
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The landslide victory of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the namesake son of the Philippines’ late dictator, in the May 9 presidential election has prompted questions over the fate of the Soeharto clan in Indonesia, 24 years after the late president was toppled.
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Soeharto family members have made repeated attempts in the past to get into politics, often seeking to tap into nostalgia about the perceived security and political order under Soeharto’s military regime.
These attempts, however, have been fruitless – and all other things being equal, it is unlikely that the family will regain its former clout in Indonesian politics, analysts say.
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This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “A tale of two political clans: The Marcos and Soehartos”.
Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2022/05/26/a-tale-of-two-political-clans-the-marcos-and-soehartos.html.
Yerica Lai
The Jakarta Post
Fri, May 27, 2022
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