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168Islam, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Indonesia1. Unequal opportunities for citizens to improve their welfare.For example, some individuals are allowed to controlmillions of hectares of land, while the poor in Jakarta alonewere evicted 193 times in a single year (2016) (Tempo, April13, 2017).2. The poor fall further behind because they lack qualityeducation and cannot compete with the upper class in themodern economy. Consequently, they are absorbed onlyinto the low-paid informal sector.3. Financial and capital concentration occurs within a fewindividuals or corporations. For instance, 56.5 millionMSMEs remain unserved by the banking sector (StateOwned Enterprises Data, 2019).4. The poor have no savings to fund their children%u2019s educationor cover their healthcare costs in old age.Given this reality, Prabowo Subianto%u2019s warning seems notwithout basis when he said that %u201cIndonesia may no longer existby 2030%u201d (BBC, March 24, 2018).ConclusionLooking ahead, it is hoped that the open proportional electoralsystem will no longer be implemented in the 2024 elections. Theexperience of the past two decades has clearly shown that thissystem has produced legislators and local leaders who have ledthe nation further away from the ideals of the Proclamation andthe mandate of the 1998 Reformasi movement.Taking lessons from the life of ants and from Bung Hatta%u2019sphilosophy of %u201crowing between two reefs,%u201d Indonesia must