Indonesian Military/Government
"From the advent of the New Order government in Indonesia in the mid 1960s, the main role of the ABRI was to control or suppress movements which threatened to breakaway from, or otherwise undermine an authoritarian, centralized government structure " Discuss this claim considering the period up to the 1980s.The Indonesian military, known as the ABRI had become a bastion for governmental stability in Indonesia since the retreat of its Dutch colonial masters. The birth of a politically and ethnically fragmented Indonesian nation state saw the ABRI provide a much-needed sense of national institution and stability. The stability provided by the ABRI was provided by a range of forces and capabilities. This included overt military force, internal security operations, economic management, and direct political influence. While providing this stability the use of these forces also enhanced and confirmed the militaristic and authoritarian nature of Indonesian government. This essay will address the role and operations of ABRI in suppressing any factions that would oppose the desired stability of Jakarta.The violent revolutionary birth of Indonesian politics created a realm where civilian input was overshadowed by the Indonesian mili
The October 1965 appointment of Suharto to a caretaker role as commander of ABRI began an increasing political role for ABRI. The level of repression against Muslim political parties even influenced law changes regarding marriage. This link between ABRI and industry is another example of the dual function structure that ABRI used to control Indonesia. This direct ABRI representation continued into the Suharto era, including numerous senior military officers holding ministerial positions within the Suharto government. This discontent was heightened as the ABRI also struggled to suppress regional separatism and continue Jakarta's central control. From Surkarno's rule and the brutal repression of the PKI, ABRI's repressive role increased significantly following the declaration of martial law. This established a joint civilian military framework, which would intertwine ABRI with all levels and sectors of Indonesian society. In that the military has a formal position of influence instead of a voting ability of individual members of the military. An example of this was the deployment of 12000 troops into the Aceh province . When economic conditions worsened the level of corruption became hard to ignore and this increased the level of criticism concerning the ABRI's political and economic influence. The response from Jakarta was to unleash ABRI in a brutal fashion when suppressing regional separatists. The economic impact on regional separatism also was a factor in ABRI's and Jakarta's desire for suppression. Maintaining stability though was the Indonesian military's primary mission and the only tool that the increasingly unstable Suharto presidency could depend upon. Between the BAKIN and the KOPKAMTIB the ABRI had legal authority over both military and civilian security matters. The political implication for Indonesia was that "for all practical purposes during the initial period of the New Order, national leadership was identical with army leadership" .
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