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Indonesia’s river of discontent runs deep
The protests rocking Indonesia are about more than housing perks or food inflation.
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A protester setting fire to the gate of the regional Parliament building during a protest in Bandung, in Indonesia’s West Java province, on Sept 1.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Indonesia’s week-long protests that culminated in violence in Jakarta and elsewhere is the sort of nightmare that South-east Asia’s largest nation can live without.
The aftershocks have barely ended; Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the respected finance minister, has had to go, falling on her own sword as the leadership looks for scapegoats for a series of mis-steps of their own doing, as well as wider forces at play.
