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Highlights the Yudhoyono period as a phase of exceptional stability—controlled local violence, sustained economic growth, and strong electoral support—while emphasizing critics’ charge of stagnation through uninspiring leadership, ambiguous reform and anti-corruption efforts, and GDP-focused policy that neglects equality. Uses developments in 2011 to assess long-term implications for institutional reform.","INDONESIA:Yudhoyono's Legacy between Stability and Stagnation  \nAuthor(s):Marcus Mietzner  \nSource:Southeast Asian Affairs,(2012),pp.119-134  \nPublished by:ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute  \nStable URL:https://www.jstor.org/stable/41713990  \nAccessed:23-10-201908:01 UTC  \nJSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars,researchers,and students discover,use,and build upon a widerange of content in a trusted digital archive.We use information technology and tools to increase productivity andfacilitate new forms of scholarship.For more information about JSTOR,please contact support@jstor.org.  \nYour use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms &Conditions of Use,available athttps://about.jstor.org/terms  \nISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize,preserve and extendaccess to Southeast Asian Affairs  \n# INDONESIA\n\nYudhoyono's Legacy betweenStability and Stagnation  \nMarcus Mietzner  \nAs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's two-term presidency draws closer to its 2014finish line,observers and ordinary Indonesians alike have begun to reflect on thepolitical and social legacy he will leave behind.On the one hand,there is littledoubt that historians will look at the Yudhoyono period as a phase of extraordinarystability,both in political and economic terms.Yudhoyono has been able toprevent significant challenges to his regime,kept local violence under control,and maintained satisfactory levels of economic growth.Importantly,Yudhoyono'slandslide re-election in 2009 is testimony to these successes and the popular supporthe enjoyed for much of his tenure.But as is often the case in politics,the otherside of the stability coin is stagnation,and Yudhoyono's presidency is no exceptionto this rule.The President's critics have slammed him for uninspiring leadership,deliberate ambiguity vis-à-vis democratic reform and anti-corruption campaigns,andthe government's prioritization of gross domestic product growth over economicequality.They believe that Yudhoyono has squandered a huge opportunity to usethe stability of the last few years to push for further reforms and institutionalizethe gains made in the earlier post-Soeharto period.In short,they view him as anIndonesian reincarnation of Fidel Ramos,the Philippine president between 1992and 1998.Like Ramos,so the argument goes,Yudhoyono has put no mechanismsin place that could secure the polity for the time after his presidency.When Ramosleft office,his stable six-year term made way to Estrada's chaotic impeachment  \nand Arroyo's return to semi-authoritarianism.What Indonesia will look like afterYudhoyono remains uncertain,his critics assert,and they believe that this is partlydue to the President's inactivity and complacency.  \nDevelopments in 2011 gave ample ammunition to both camps in the debateoutlined above.Certainly,the levels of political stability remained high,with nomajor incidents threatening to dislodge the post-Soeharto polity.At the same time,economic growth reached numbers last achieved under the New Order regime,approaching seven per cent per annum.What's more,the financial rating agencyFitch granted Indonesia investment grade status for the first time since 1997.Finally,poverty and unemployment also continued to decline,at least accordingto official statistics.But there were also clear signs of stagnation and even partialregression.To begin with,major corruption scandals and continued attempts toweaken the anti-corruption commission suggested that the quality and extent ofcorruption remains stubbornly high.Similarly,the government and conservativepolitical elites have started a campaign to rescind electoral reforms achieved sinceSoeharto's fall,most notably direct ballots for local executive leaders.Furthermore,Yudhoyono and his Cabinet have stood idly by as Islamic radicals intensifiedtheir attacks on what they view as heretic sects and on Christian churches.Inthe same vein,the central government has returned to the hard-nosed securityapproach ","cbCaikvGznRH37fY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikvGznRH37fY","pdf",1472444,4,1,17,"English","en",105,"# INDONESIA\n## Yudhoyono's Legacy between Stability and Stagnation\n## Politics: Stability, Stagnation, or Recession?","[{\"question\":\"Why do supporters view Yudhoyono’s presidency as a period of exceptional stability?\",\"answer\":\"They point to his ability to prevent significant challenges to his regime, keep local violence under control, and maintain satisfactory economic growth. 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