Every country in transition to democracy will inevitably deal with past human rights abuses. It is so because the term transition to democracy implies the existence of the previous condition that is in contradiction to democracy. In the context of Indonesia, the transition is from militaristic and authoritarian rule that adores militarism in the name of stability and fake harmony. Whether or not, the coming president of the Republic of Indonesia that is elected through the most so-called democratic way of direct presidential election will haunted by the shadow of the past. The choice of the coming president will be to keep in the shadow of the past and being unable to move forward towards progress or to deal with it democratically and justly. In the coming election however, the choice will not be as difficult as the one for the victims in the coming election.