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After the dispute over the presidential election was settled, many assumed that the duties of the Constitutional Court were at an end. Nothing could be further from the truth. From the conclusion of that trial until Aug. 9, the court was working harder than ever in the vastly complex legislative election disputes.
A unique phenomenon following elections in Indonesia is that often the losers in the election still scramble for seats in the winner’s government, creating unhappiness among the supporters of the opposition, for giving up their hearts for seats.
Indonesia may have the world’s largest Muslim population, but Islamism (political Islam) remains a hard sell here. This has been so since its independence in 1945, yet Indonesianists never fail to raise the alarm on the rise of Islamism, particularly around elections. This year was no exception.
