Editing Politics of Indonesia (section)

==Overview==
{{Democracy Index rating|Indonesia|flawed democracy|2023}} According to the [[V-Dem Democracy indices]], in 2023, Indonesia was the 11th most electoral [[democracy in Asia|democratic country in Asia]].<ref name="vdem_dataset">{{cite web |last=V-Dem Institute |date=2023 |title=The V-Dem Dataset |url=https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208183458/https://www.v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Indonesia's political parties have been characterized as [[Cartel party theory|cartel parties]] with extensive power-sharing among parties and limited accountability to voters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Slater|first=Dan|date=2018|title=Party Cartelization, Indonesian-Style: Presidential Powersharing and the Contingency of Democratic Opposition|journal=Journal of East Asian Studies|language=en|volume=18|issue=1|pages=23–46|doi=10.1017/jea.2017.26|issn=1598-2408|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Slater |first=Dan |date=2024 |title=Indonesia's High-Stakes Handover |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/922832 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=40–51 |doi=10.1353/jod.2024.a922832 |issn=1086-3214 |quote=The cardinal fact of Indonesian elite politics is that party competition during elections is invariably followed by party cartelization after elections.4 Since the exact contours and boundaries of the ruling coalition are always subject to intense and protracted negotiation, it is never certain who will be in government and who will be out. What is certain is that it is Indonesian elites, not Indonesian voters, who decide what the government will look like and who, if anybody, will serve as opposition. |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406135935/https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/922832 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McCargo |first1=Duncan |last2=Wadipalapa |first2=Rendy |date=2024 |title=Southeast Asia's Toxic Alliances |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jod.2024.a930431 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=115–130 |doi=10.1353/jod.2024.a930431 |issn=1086-3214|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

According to the American think tank [[Freedom House]], Indonesia fails to meet many of the civil requirements for a consolidated, or maximalist, democracy. The court system often has many instances of corruption, and there is no [[due process]] in many civil and criminal matters.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Indonesia: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/indonesia/freedom-world/2022 |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Freedom House |language=en |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304023108/https://freedomhouse.org/country/indonesia/freedom-world/2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>