Up to the end of 2006, it was widely believed that the reform process in Indonesia had proceeded slowly and unevenly. Although some normative progress was achieved after the regime change in May 1998 -  such as the change of a number of laws at the national and municipal levels, the formation of extra-judicial institutions to strengthen control over the government, as well as a more open space for public ‘participation’ to influence and supervise decision making at executive, legislative and judicial levels -  the state remained ’weak’ in implementing, supervising and evaluating the implementation of various policies. In some cases the performance of the executive-legislative-judicial branches did not meet the demands and expectations of civil society because political interest still tended to override public interest. As a consequence, political status quo and impunity impeded the transition to democracy. In other words, reform has not resulted in a truly democratic country.