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...government has failed to crack down on lawlessness. "The general perception is that corruption has worsened under the present regime," says TI's Murshid. The rise in extortion and violence has led the opposition Awami League (AL) to organize repeated strikes to try to force the government to resign. But the strikes are hobbling the economy and contributing to the growing consensus that the authorities are not in full control?thus emboldening criminals even further, and making matters worse for ordinary citizens. "The two parties are bashing each other, and we are caught in between," says a shopkeeper in Dhaka...
...Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is sure to be among them, but widespread disenchantment over her perceived detachment and inaction will probably cut into its support. The party might even be surpassed by Golkar, the political machine created by former dictator Suharto, who was forced to resign in 1998. Nostalgia is growing for the Suharto era, when prices were stable and economic growth strong, and that could benefit both Golkar and a party recently formed by Suharto's daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana. Another threat is posed by Megawati's former security chief, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...
...system, did little to allay popular misgivings about the health of the democracy. Recall that, after barely eight months in office, a frustrated and tactically outclassed Roh toyed with pulling a coup d'?tat against himself by demanding an extra-constitutional referendum to back his policies and threatening to resign from the presidency if the vote didn't turn out to his liking...
...corruption scandal intensifies, Roh tells a national TV audience "I have no confidence in doing my job under this situation" Seeking to reaffirm public support, he proposes an unusual?and, critics say, unconstitutional?national referendum on his leadership, vowing to resign if he fares poorly...
...December ? The National Assembly passes a bill setting up an independent probe into election graft; Roh pledges to resign if investigators find his election campaign accepted more than one-tenth the amount of illegal contributions allegedly received by the opposition Grand National Party...