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Endy Bayuni

Jakarta, Indonesia

Endy M. Bayuni took up the job of chief editor of The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s independent and leading English language newspaper, in August 2004 shortly after he returned from a one-year Nieman Fellowship at the Harvard University. Endy has been with the newspaper since 1991, working his way up from Production Manager (Night Editor), to National Editor, Managing Editor, and Deputy Chief Editor through all those years. He previously worked as the Indonesian correspondent for Reuters and Agence France-Presse between 1984 and 1991, and began his journalistic career with The Jakarta Post in 1983. Endy completed his Bachelors of Arts degree in economics from Kingston University in Surrey, England, in 1981. Close.

Endy Bayuni

Jakarta, Indonesia

Endy M. Bayuni took up the job of chief editor of The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s independent and leading English language newspaper, in August 2004 shortly after he returned from a one-year Nieman Fellowship at the Harvard University. more »

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September 19, 2007 11:02 AM

Military Dictators Don't Want Democracy

We’ve seen it all before, in Asia, Africa and in Latin America. Military generals (sometimes colonels or even mayors) take over the government in the name of stability. Some of these coups were justifiable, most were not. Historically speaking, there has never been any military officer in any of these continents who took power by force and then successfully paved the way for democracy (though I stand corrected if anyone can point to one.) It has never been part of their military training to build a nation on the principles of freedom, rules of law, respect for human rights and democracy. They haven’t a clue about how to build democracy, let alone how to start one, and most likely, they have no interest in doing so.

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