Indonesians vote for the status quo

STRATFOR ANALYSIS

INDONESIA’S next president, once he is elected in July, will have to corral a fractious legislature as his predecessor did. The country faces mounting economic and social pressures, and the persistence of complex coalition politics will not help the future administration’s efforts at reform. But Indonesia’s April 9 legislative elections showed that the country’s politics remain relatively familiar and stable, which, historically speaking, cannot be taken for granted.