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Fadhilah Primandari

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ESRC-funded doctoral candidate at the Department of Government, University of Essex. I research conceptualisations of democracy and democratic consolidation. Website: http://www.fadhilahprimandari.work

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Fadhilah Primandari @dhilaprimandari.bsky.social · 27d

On top of eroding civil liberties, the Indonesian government has been employing a discursive strategy to delegitimise its critics' democratic agency. In my short piece published by the LSE SEA Centre's blog, I explore two of these discursive strategies: blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2025/09...

Denial of Democratic Agency as an Authoritarian Tactic: Reflections from Indonesia - LSE Southeast Asia Blog

The increasing presence of the military in civilian affairs, police brutality and erosion of civil liberties signify further movement towards autocracy in Indonesia. In addition, the Indonesian govern...

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Fadhilah Primandari @dhilaprimandari.bsky.social · Sep 19

If backlash against women's inclusion constitutes democratic deconsolidation, why has it been possible to declare a democracy as consolidated without women? My short blog for ECPR's The Loop:

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Sep 19

🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.117
Feminist scholarship is warning of a backlash against #GenderEquality and women’s inclusion. ♂️♀️ Fadhilah Primandari revisits our understanding of democratic consolidation and asks: is it biased towards men’s political domination?
👉 bit.ly/4njuYSo

🦋 Does our understanding of democratic consolidation have a male bias?

Feminist scholarship is warning of a backlash against gender equality and women’s political inclusion. But if anti-gender backlash constitutes democratic deconsolidation, why has it been possible to d...

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Fadhilah Primandari @dhilaprimandari.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yesterday I was interviewed by Radio Študent about the recent protests in Indonesia. Interviewed also were Dr Soe Tjen Marching and Andreas Harsono.

The RŠ programme is in Slovenian, but our answers are in English. My comments start at 1:17, and then 7:41: radiostudent.si/politika/off...

Proti poslanskim privilegijem

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · Aug 30

Read this. Millions of Indonesians are in the streets protesting the policies of a corrupt president and his legislative flunkies.

🦅 🇮🇩 Selamat berjuang 🇮🇩 🦅

🫧 @burningbravery.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you are wondering what happened in Indonesia yesterday, this is the whole summary. I don't care if you dislike politics, but it's about humanity. It would be greatly appreciated if my English speaker friends here try to educate themselves and share this as a form of spreading more awareness.

The whole summary of what happened in Indonesia on August 28th, 2025.

"Dear friends,

An ojol (motorcycle taxi) driver was killed tonight in Jakarta after being struck by a police car during the protests. His death is more than an accident, it is the cost of living under unjust policies. I can't stop thinking: it could have been me, it could have been any of us.

The protests erupted after Indonesia's parliament approved a scandalous housing allowance of Rp 50 million (≈ USD 3,100) per month for each MP-while the minimum wage in Jakarta is only Rp 5.4 million (≈ USD 330). How can we survive in a country where lawmakers grant themselves luxuries worth nearly ten times the salary of an ordinary worker?

But the fury on the streets is not only about parliament. It is also about the reckless, cruel policies under President Prabowo Subianto:
• Billions of dollars wasted on fighter jets and submarines while millions remain poor and hungry.
• Rising food prices because of mismanaged imports, crushing families who already struggle to eat.
• Authoritarian attempts to silence critics and shrink our democratic space.
• Endless elitist perks for officials, while hospitals, schools, and public transport are left behind.

This is why people are angry. This is why people are afraid. Tonight, when an ojol driver lost his life, I felt that fear in my bones. Because if the state refuses to protect us, and instead protects only its elites, then none of us are safe.
I am angry, furious that our lives are treated as disposable. I am afraid-afraid that tomorrow, more people will die simply for demanding dignity.

I ask you, my international friends, please don't look away. Indonesia is not only facing a crisis of policy—it is facing a crisis of justice, of humanity, of democracy itself. Spread this awareness. Let the world know what is happening here.

Because silence will only mean more lives lost."

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Fadhilah Primandari @dhilaprimandari.bsky.social · Apr 22

My latest article, discussing how most Indonesians' understanding of democracy may make efforts to sustain widespread resistance against the erosion of civil supremacy challenging:

eastasiaforum.org/2025/04/22/i...

Indonesian democracy takes another hit

Revisions to Indonesia’s law on the National Military undermine democracy and test public readiness to defend civil supremacy.

eastasiaforum.org

Fadhilah Primandari @dhilaprimandari.bsky.social · Apr 18

In Indonesia, contesting the government's conception of democracy has been part of the fight against democratic backsliding. My piece on the politics of (re)defining democracy in Indonesia, published by The Diplomat:
thediplomat.com/2025/04/cont...

Contesting Prabowo Subianto’s Polite Democracy

The Indonesian leader claims to support democracy, but only in terms of a stifling notion of national “unity.”

thediplomat.com

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