Reformasi movement in Indonesia

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political movement pro-democracy movement social movement

The Reformasi movement in Indonesia was a pro-democracy wave of political and social upheaval in the late 1990s that led to the fall of President Suharto’s authoritarian regime and the beginning of democratic reforms.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Reformasi era (Indonesia)	2
Indonesian Reformasi	1
Indonesian Reformasi movement	1
Indonesian student movement	1
Reformasi era in Indonesia	1
Reformasi era of Indonesia	1
Reformasi movement	1
Reformasi movement in Indonesia canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1877982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Reformasi movement in Indonesia
Context triple: [May 1998 anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia, hasContext, Reformasi movement in Indonesia]

A. New Order assimilation policies under Suharto
New Order assimilation policies under Suharto were state-driven measures that pressured Chinese Indonesians to abandon their cultural identity and adopt a homogenized Indonesian identity through restrictions on language, names, religion, and public expression.
B. Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution was the armed and diplomatic struggle from 1945 to 1949 through which Indonesia fought to end Dutch colonial rule and secure its independence.
C. Indonesian nationalism
Indonesian nationalism is the movement and ideology that sought to unite the diverse peoples and regions of the Indonesian archipelago into an independent, sovereign nation-state.
D. Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia
Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia was a socialist youth organization in Indonesia associated with left-wing political movements during the mid-20th century.
E. Indonesian declaration of independence
The Indonesian declaration of independence was the 1945 proclamation by nationalist leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta that marked the birth of the Republic of Indonesia and triggered its struggle to end Dutch colonial rule.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Reformasi movement in Indonesia
Target entity description: The Reformasi movement in Indonesia was a pro-democracy wave of political and social upheaval in the late 1990s that led to the fall of President Suharto’s authoritarian regime and the beginning of democratic reforms.

A. New Order assimilation policies under Suharto
New Order assimilation policies under Suharto were state-driven measures that pressured Chinese Indonesians to abandon their cultural identity and adopt a homogenized Indonesian identity through restrictions on language, names, religion, and public expression.
B. Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution was the armed and diplomatic struggle from 1945 to 1949 through which Indonesia fought to end Dutch colonial rule and secure its independence.
C. Indonesian nationalism
Indonesian nationalism is the movement and ideology that sought to unite the diverse peoples and regions of the Indonesian archipelago into an independent, sovereign nation-state.
D. Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia
Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia was a socialist youth organization in Indonesia associated with left-wing political movements during the mid-20th century.
E. Indonesian declaration of independence
The Indonesian declaration of independence was the 1945 proclamation by nationalist leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta that marked the birth of the Republic of Indonesia and triggered its struggle to end Dutch colonial rule.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political movement ⓘ pro-democracy movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culminatedIn	resignation of President Suharto ⓘ
endTime	1999 ⓘ
hasCause	Asian financial crisis ⓘ linked to: Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 authoritarian rule of President Suharto ⓘ corruption in the New Order regime ⓘ demands for democratization ⓘ economic hardship in Indonesia in the late 1990s ⓘ human rights abuses under Suharto ⓘ
hasEffect	constitutional reforms in Indonesia ⓘ decentralization of power to regional governments in Indonesia ⓘ fall of Suharto’s New Order regime ⓘ greater freedom of the press in Indonesia ⓘ greater role of the People’s Consultative Assembly in political reform ⓘ legalization and growth of new political parties in Indonesia ⓘ multiparty elections in Indonesia ⓘ political liberalization in Indonesia ⓘ reduction of military’s formal political role in Indonesia ⓘ strengthening of civil society in Indonesia ⓘ transition to democracy in Indonesia ⓘ
influenced	1999 Indonesian legislative election ⓘ amendments to the 1945 Constitution of Indonesia ⓘ creation of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia ⓘ direct presidential elections in Indonesia ⓘ
keyEvent	May 1998 riots in Indonesia ⓘ Trisakti University shootings on 12 May 1998 ⓘ occupation of the Indonesian parliament building by students in May 1998 ⓘ student demonstrations in Jakarta in 1998 ⓘ
languageOfName	Indonesian ⓘ
literalMeaning	reform ⓘ
mainGoal	democratization of Indonesia’s political system ⓘ end of Suharto’s presidency ⓘ eradication of corruption, collusion, and nepotism ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ
opposedRegime	New Order government of Suharto ⓘ linked to: New Order assimilation policies under Suharto
participant	Indonesian university students ⓘ Islamic organizations ⓘ civil society organizations ⓘ labor groups ⓘ pro-democracy activists ⓘ urban middle class ⓘ
relatedTo	Indonesian democratic transition ⓘ post-Suharto era ⓘ
significantPeriod	late 1990s ⓘ
slogan	Reformasi total ⓘ
startTime	1997 ⓘ

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