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Michael Herdi Hadylaya A lawyer and lecturer

10 posts

Academia 4 months ago

Too early to call presidential threshold removal a victory for democracy

Indonesia still needs protection against oligarchic capture while promoting fair competition, allowi...

Opinion 5 years ago

Becoming Indonesian: Ending the never-ending polemic

If we could settle the issue of who our fellow Indonesians are, racism and religion would no longer ...

Opinion 5 years ago

Censorship: Let my people think!

Children are being poisoned by hatred while television stations bombard us with tons of religious pr...

Opinion 6 years ago

Never about lesser evils

Whenever I have been asked who I was voting for in this year’s election, I always answered &ld...

Opinion 6 years ago

VP terms: Will we be wise?

The judicial review is the tip of iceberg of how elites crave power.

Opinion 8 years ago

Unity after elections: Riding a chimera?

The problem is not about religion itself, but lies in how religion is used as an instrument in polit...

Opinion 8 years ago

Will we ever get closer to the truth?

Protests arose over the lengthy sessions and questions facing the witness, who happens to be a digni...

Opinion 8 years ago

Blasphemy Law: Will we inherit the wind?

Of course blasphemy is unacceptable. The problem is, how far should the state be involved in this ma...

Opinion 8 years ago

Ushering the dawn of ochlocracy

Urging the law to be used as a personal privilege is not democracy. If people can be arrested just b...

Opinion 8 years ago

Ahok and the Icarus paradox

Transparency is a good trait within democracy. But it also brings a problem if transparency is abuse...

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10 posts

Too early to call presidential threshold removal a victory for democracy

Becoming Indonesian: Ending the never-ending polemic

Censorship: Let my people think!

Never about lesser evils

VP terms: Will we be wise?

Unity after elections: Riding a chimera?

Will we ever get closer to the truth?

Blasphemy Law: Will we inherit the wind?

Ushering the dawn of ochlocracy

Ahok and the Icarus paradox