For more than two decades after the authoritarian regime ended in Indonesia, transitional justice remains an unfinished agenda in the new democracy. In every government leadership, transitional justice issues re-emerged and later vanished or failed at implementation. Post-Suharto’s presidents have always succeeded in getting support by including the transitional justice agenda in their campaigns and the early days of their leadership. Yet, none resulted in truth and justice as promised. Transitional justice is used as a tactical concession and has proven successful in gaining support for political winnings; it provides the avenue for one to gain political legitimacy and support, as it promises a distance from the previous regime. However, adopting transitional justice measures did not in any way lead to a change in state behaviour, let alone to institutionalizing and internalizing justice and accountability. I argue in this article that authoritarian regime factors contributed to the impunity for perpetrators and the lack of truth and acknowledgement about past abuses in Indonesia today.

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打破承诺：印度尼西亚的战术让步与威权政权遗产之间的过渡正义

在独裁政权在印度尼西亚结束后的二十多年里，过渡时期司法仍然是新民主主义未完成的议程。在每个政府领导层中，过渡时期司法问题都会重新出现，然后消失或在实施中失败。后苏哈托时期的总统​​们总是通过将过渡时期司法议程纳入他们的竞选活动和他们领导的早期阶段而成功地获得支持。然而，没有人像承诺的那样带来真相和正义。过渡时期司法被用作一种战术让步，并已证明成功地获得了对政治胜利的支持；它为人们提供了获得政治合法性和支持的途径，因为它承诺与前政权保持距离。然而，采取过渡时期司法措施并没有以任何方式导致国家行为的改变，更不用说将正义和问责制制度化和内部化了。我在这篇文章中指出，专制政权因素导致肇事者逍遥法外，以及当今印度尼西亚对过去的虐待行为缺乏真相和承认。