As reported by the Jakarta Post:
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the progress of democracy and development in Indonesia.
“Democracy and development reinforce one another,” he said in a public lecture at the University of Indonesia.
The road toward becoming a democracy was not always easy, Obama said, adding that the journey was worth taking because it would create an open market, free press, accountability of government, and an open society.
Prosperity without democracy was false, he said.
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Democracy creating "free press" in Indonesia, Mr. President ? Really ? Perhaps President Obama should have addressed this issue of book banning in Indonesia which is NOT demonstrative of "free press" - quite the contrary actually, Mr. President. What about children (leisure or official school text) books? What about the libraries? Will we find "free press" here? Indonesia may be a "democracy" when it comes to its elections; but NOT a true democracy when it comes to freedom of religion and free press.
http://brianindonesiaexpat.blogspot.com/2010/10/censorship-in-indonesia-books-banned.html
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