WI Indonesia, a future monarchy?

Today i read an article about the fact in a province of the island of Java (Yogyakarta, to be more accurate) survives almost intact the power of a sultan, Hamengkubuwono X (HB X in short), who is also the spiritual leader of Islamic Javans and also claims to be "king of Mataram and emperor of Majapahit". Despite his efforts, the Indonesian president Yudhoyono failed until now to democratize the province (the sultan has many followers, he is rich and popular in the area and in past times during the reign of Suharto he had the approval of CIA). In contrast, HB X tried before to become the Indonesian president, but for now he failed; he will retry in 2014.

Now, what you do think it will happen? The central government will have success to democratize Yogyakarta, or HB X in future (highly improbable, but it is a WI) will become president and, Napoleon III docet, will try to impose a royal dynasty in Indonesia?
 
Yogyakarta's special status as a monarchy within the Republic functioning legally as a province of its own dated from the early days of the Republic when the Republic was still genuinely fairly anti monarchy, since Sultan's support was deemed necessary to gain firm Javanese support. It was quite fortunate for the Republic that the Sultan of the day was pro-self determination and a modernist.

The latest Sultan tried for presidency, but his agendas didn't bode well with the elites in Jakarta who benefit from the current level of economic and political centralization. Another evidence against the claim that Indoensia is a full fledged Javanese empire.

Central government's current manuever against Yogyakarta serves two purpose, one as an attempt to eliminate Sultan as a political force, which shows to be innefective and I'm quite sure isn't even being done seriously, and the other as attention diversion from the more pressing issue misappropriation of tax money by one of the current administration's big men, which proves to be effective.

With the current situation, it will only boast the Sultan's popularity, and increasing the odds for him to become President later. But he just won't be able to undermine Indonesia's ideological Republicanism, nor that he seems to have any intention to.....
 
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