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...SUHARTO FAMILY VALUES
...your story on the billions of dollars in wealth amassed by the Suharto family [WORLD, May 31] had been published early last year, while Suharto was still in power, it would have been very helpful to the Indonesian people--although the profits made by the West from his regime might have been reduced. Instead, your coverage now serves as a signal to those few corrupt regimes still in power to hold on at any cost--definitely at their people's. KYAW KYAW Butterworth, Malaysia...
Your article is a big slap in the face to President B.J. Habibie's government, which has so far declined to freeze the Suharto family's holdings. But it should help us clean our country of corruption. Although Suharto asserts he did nothing illegal, I think that deep inside he feels the end is coming. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Jakarta...
That would almost certainly reignite the street protests that overthrew former President Suharto last year and usher in a period of renewed turmoil. On the other hand, the generals could opt for making a deal with Megawati, allowing her to take power, but within parameters defined by the military. Megawati?s father, President Sukarno, was overthrown in a military coup in 1965, which ushered in Suharto?s 33-year tenure. "The situation right now is unpredictable because it?s unclear what the military wants," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "There are likely to be divisions in the military, with some...
President B. J. Habibie?s Golkar party ? the traditional representative of the military and the Suharto dictatorship ?- is expected to fare poorly at the polls, although the parliamentary system is stacked in its favor. The leading opposition contender ? way ahead in the small number of ballots counted ? is Megawati Sukarnoputri, the democracy-activist daughter of President Sukarno, who was overthrown by Suharto in 1965. Her secular Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle has a loose coalition agreement with the Islamic-oriented National Mandate and National Awakening parties. Even if the opposition coalition manages to secure enough seats to outvote Golkar...