Sponsors have been few and far between since the end of the Suharto regime.

Under the Suharto regime, a vice president has normally also been chosen by consensus.

"It shows that they changed the Suharto regime but they did not change the system."

The party was targeted by the new Suharto regime.

At that time, they were carefully monitored for any criticism of the Suharto regime.

The Suharto regime allows no space for a democratic opposition to emerge.

Under this law, political parties were not limited to just three as had been the case under the Suharto regime.

Nike and the other companies would like to distance themselves from the grotesque activities of the Suharto regime.

"Any aid to the Suharto regime should be stopped because it only props up his dictatorship," he said.

He was disillusioned with the Suharto regime and its repression of democracy.