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pril 9, p3
 
As the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is set to hold a congress to usher in a new board of management, talk is emerging on the future prospects of the party being led by the third-generation of Indonesia'€™s founding father, Sukarno.

Puan Maharani, 41, Muhammad Prananda Prabowo, 43, and Puti Guntur Soekarno, 43, are among the new breed vying for the party'€™s future leadership, as Sukarno'€™s second child, Megawati Soekarnoputri, 68, is set to retain her crown, unchallenged, to lead the ruling party for another five years.

Your comments:  

Sukarno was not a great president either. In the early 1960s, inflation in Indonesia was at 500-1000 percent and the majority of Indonesians were extremely poor.

In 1963, people in Java had the same per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) as those in Laos, a country of subsistence rice farmers.

Sukarno was a strong independence fighter who had no idea of how to run an economy.

His incompetence set the stage for a military coup that plunged Indonesia into 33 years of dictatorship and mass killings. Don'€™t whitewash the history of this nation.

Lasem Benny
 
It seems ironic for a political party with the word '€œdemocratic'€ to behave more like a dynasty. Sukarno was a great man indeed, but his descendants? Surely other members of the party are not that stupid.

RA Rena
 
Fortunately, I don'€™t think this party will poll very well in the future. Over the years it will just slowly fade away.

Loro Blonyo
 

The republic morphs into an oligarchy and finally a one-family dynasty a là North Korea.  Congratulations to those who fought and died for '€œmerdeka'€.  This is your reward.

Anoycom