Word: abdurrahman
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TIME.com: Indonesia has completed another tumultuous transfer of power, but how much will really change now that Megawati Sukarnoputri has replaced Abdurrahman Wahid as president...
President Abdurrahman Wahid is unlikely to survive an impeachment vote in the Indonesian parliament, where he controls only 10 percent of the seats. But if his supporters decide to contest his ouster in the streets, the latest twist in Indonesia's tortured post-Suharto politics may provoke a bloodbath. And that's exactly what Wahid's supporters were threatening Tuesday, as they poured into Jakarta from his East Java stronghold, bearing machetes, sickles and the implacable conviction that the parliamentary challenge to the President is an assault on the 40-million strong Muslim organization he heads. Their mission: To stop...
TIME.com: Indonesia's beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday offered to share power with his more popular deputy, Megawati Sukarnoputri, but she turned him down. With the military backing Megawati and the political elite having turned on Wahid, how long can the president hold...
...INDONESIA Censured The impeachment of embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid looked increasingly likely following his weak response to a second parliamentary censure for alleged corruption. In a speech, Wahid failed to respond to accusations of financial irregularities, and opposition leaders dismissed plans for a cabinet reshuffle as "useless...
...years ago now that Indonesians ended the 30-year tenure of the dictator Suharto, the world?s fourth most-populous nation has yet to emerge from the turbulent political vacuum that followed. That much was clear Monday when Indonesia's parliament voted for a second time to impeach President Abdurrahman Wahid on corruption allegations, opening the way for impeachment proceedings to begin within six weeks. The ailing cleric now appears politically doomed, but the consequences of his ouster could further deepen rather than resolve Indonesia?s political crisis...