IndonesianTalk.com –– Thirty Years After Kudatuli, Scholar Warns Against the Return of Authoritarian Patterns JAKARTA – Three decades after the violent July 27, 1996 attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters, widely known as the Kudatuli incident, political philosopher Prof. Sukidi Mulyadi says the episode should not be viewed merely as a historical milestone but as a continuing lesson on the fragility of democracy. “History may not repeat itself exactly, but its patterns often rhyme,” Sukidi said, borrowing a phrase commonly attributed to American writer Mark Twain, during a democracy forum commemorating the 30th anniversary of Kudatuli at Kedai Tempo in East Jakarta on Sunday. The discussion, titled Thirty Years of Kudatuli: Journalists’ Reflections on Recording Truth and Defending Independence, brought together former journalists Willy Pramudya, Widiarsi Agustina and Ari Junaedi, alongside Info Media Digital CEO and Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) activist Wahyu Dhyatmika. For Sukidi, Kudatuli remains a…
Thirty Years After Kudatuli, Scholar Warns Against the Return of Authoritarian Patterns
IndonesianTalk.com –– Thirty Years After Kudatuli, Scholar Warns Against the Return of Authoritarian Patterns JAKARTA – Three decades after the violent July 27, 1996 attack on the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) headquarters, widely known as the Kudatuli incident, political philosopher Prof. Sukidi Mulyadi says the episode should not be viewed merely as a historical milestone but as a continuing lesson on the fragility of democracy. “History may not repeat itself exactly, but its patterns often rhyme,” Sukidi said, borrowing a phrase commonly attributed to American writer Mark Twain, during a democracy forum commemorating the 30th anniversary of Kudatuli at Kedai Tempo in East Jakarta on Sunday. The discussion, titled Thirty Years of Kudatuli: Journalists’ Reflections on Recording Truth and Defending Independence, brought together former journalists Willy Pramudya, Widiarsi Agustina and Ari Junaedi, alongside Info Media Digital CEO and Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) activist Wahyu Dhyatmika. For Sukidi, Kudatuli remains a…


