THE RELATIONSHIP AMONGST SOEHARTO, MILITARY, AND MUSLIM IN THE END OF NEW ORDER REGIME
ABSTRACT: In the end of
Suharto's authority, he began to embrace the power of Islam; he realized the
position of Muslims was very important and strategic. While some high-ranking
military, like LB Moerdani felt unhappy with business built by Soeharto’s
family. Suharto built a new political power through the ICMI (Indonesian Muslim
Scholar) organization. The emergence of ICMI has been confronted by much of the
military officers, they assessed that ICMI shaped sectarian mindset, Gus Dur as
NU leader also did not approve the establishment of ICMI. ICMI was chaired by
BJ Habibie who at that time had a special affinity with Suharto that made ICMI
has the most important role in Indonesian and clout. At the end of Suharto's
power, he embraced the power of the Muslim Civilians, Reviews such as ICMI and Muhammadiyah
organization. He tried to
minimize the political dependence on the military. Hereinafter, Habibie has
successfully elected as a vice president of Indonesia based on the general
assembly in 1998, after the riots in May 1998, Habibie replaced Suharto's
position that has discharged due to students and citizens' demonstrations. By
the pretense of the 1945 con-stitution, the military endorsed the nomination of
BJ Habibie as president.
Author: Abdul Haris Fatgehipon
Journal Code: jpsejarahgg160001
