Oligarchization’ blocks meaningful public participation in lawmaking
A recent article published in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies in January, titled “Business-Politics Relations in Indonesia: Oligarchization of Democracy”, provides an academic foundation for the long-held hypothesis that oligarchs play a dominant role in Indonesia’s legislative process. Written by Greenpeace Indonesia activists Iqbal Damanik, Arie Rompas and Zulfa Nadia, alongside academics Ward Berenschot…