East Timor election focuses on future challenges

Deutsche Welle, March 17, 2012

Elections

 

The main candidates in East Timor’s presidential election are veterans from the war for independence. But that past struggle can no longer overshadow pressing issues the Southeast Asian country now faces.

 

Saturday marks the third time since gaining independence in 2002 from Indonesia that East Timor is holding presidential elections.

In 1999 the population voted in a referendum for independence but Indonesia’s military and militias continued to fight and commit acts of violence. With the ... read more

Posted on 07:26 PM in Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), democracy, Fretilin, José Ramos-Horta, East Timor, political parties, Taur Matan Ruak, United Nations, elections, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Der lange Schatten des langen Kampfes

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Posted on 02:09 PM in Elections & Political Parties, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Fretilin, José Ramos-Horta, East Timor, political parties, elections, Xanana Gusmão

(Bahasa Indonesia) Pelanggaran Dapil, Siapa Peduli

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(Bahasa Indonesia) Pemilu dan Dikotomi Jawa – Luar Jawa

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(Bahasa Indonesia) Fungsi Partai Masih Keteteran

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(Bahasa Indonesia) Ketika yang Sedikit Mengalahkan yang Banyak

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(Deutsch) Indonesiens Unternehmerelite lässt die Puppen tanzen

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Posted on 02:42 AM in Agro Fuels, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, democracy, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, NGO, palm oil, pulp and paper, Papua, political parties, rain forest destruction, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate, economy and business, civil society

(Bahasa Indonesia) Mengadaptasi Pemilihan Umum 1999

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Improve the Design of Indonesia’s Electoral System

Prasetya Online, 16 September 2011

http://prasetya.ub.ac.id/berita/Improve-the-Design-of-Indonesias-Electoral-System-5943-en.html
 

In every General Election (Pemilu), Indonesia always makes a new electoral system Act (UU). During the reform era only, it has born two Acts, namely electoral system Act No. 2003 and 2008. In both Acts, for the election of the members of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI), for example, it contained several goals that turned out to be violated in practice. Some of these goals include ... read more

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Tags: democracy, Germany, Indonesia, political parties, law, electoral system

(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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