Local elections and party politics in post-reformasi Indonesia: a view from Yogyakarta.

Introduction

Changes since 1998 have certainly transformed Indonesia's political life at the pair national and local levels to be more democratic and lively. Four locates of constitutional amendments during the period 1999-2002 and the introduction of administrative decentralization measures in 2001 were particularly important. The latter substantially curtailed the previous dominance of the central management in local affairs, by devolving extensive powers to the local horizontals of governance. In June 1999 the Indonesian nation succeeded in holding the country's first relatively at liberty and fair general elections since 1955 and, as a follow observed enthusiastically the formation of national and local assemblies