Abstract
This article discusses two legal cases happened in 2009: the cases of Prita Mulyasari and Bibit-Chandra. These cases are interesting as they involved the use of Internet as a medium for an effective civic engagement in controlling law enforcement. The response of the Indonesian public to the cases of Prita and Bibit-Chandra and their success stories in controlling the authorities indicate a significant existence of the so-called an “online parliament”, which signed an emergence of a new civil society movement in the modern Indonesia. This online parliament is much more inexpensive and independent than the conventional parliament. However, it might only work for political issues that attract much public attention and might be only accessible for those who have the access to the Internet.
Highlights
About ten years ago, two similar cases had attracted a lot of public attention in Indonesia: The Cases of Prita Mulyasari and Bibit-Chandra
Bibit and Chandra are two deputy chairmen of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) who were arrested by the police on charges of abuse of power and extortion related to a graft investigation against Anggoro Widjojo, fugitive businessman
This paper indicates the emergence of new civil society reflected by the cases of Prita and Bibit-Chandra
Summary
Two similar cases had attracted a lot of public attention in Indonesia: The Cases of Prita Mulyasari and Bibit-Chandra. Bibit and Chandra are two deputy chairmen of Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) who were arrested by the police on charges of abuse of power and extortion related to a graft investigation against Anggoro Widjojo, fugitive businessman While the former happened in June, or just a month before the presidential election, the latter happened in October, or nine days after Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was inaugurated as the President for his second term. This paper indicates the emergence of new civil society reflected by the cases of Prita and Bibit-Chandra. In these cases, people used the Internet as a means to articulate the public interests. This paper will analyze the dynamics of social political movements and will highlight some distinctive features that differ these cases significantly
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