Again and again, South-East Asian voters appeared to deal body blows to their political masters during the past decade. Yet the pummelling was far from fatal
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskBut over the past decade the region was buoyed by a newfound hope that democracy was, at long last, taking root. In a remarkable run of elections starting in 2014, voters demanded change and—surprisingly—seemed to get it. That year Indonesians chose as their president Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi.
Yet the pummelling was far from fatal. In fact, South-East Asia’s autocrats now seem to be staging a comeback. Sometimes they return to power illegitimately. Uneasy about ceding influence to Ms Suu Kyi, the commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s armed forces launched a putsch in 2021. Sometimes they manage to wrest power from their rivals through backdoor manoeuvres, asdid in Malaysia in 2021. Sometimes they even win elections legitimately.
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