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With or without close military support, Wahid also needs to woo back Megawati Sukarnoputri, his Vice President and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. A populist and daughter of Sukarno, the country's first leader after independence, Megawati, 54, considers Wahid to be a longtime friend. She even whips up breakfast every Wednesday for him. The President insists that Megawati still supports him, but her party certainly does not. Diplomats in Jakarta say that her party satraps are not alone in telling Megawati she must turn against Wahid; the generals also are pledging their loyalty...
...daughter of Sukarno, Indonesia's first President, Megawati spent her childhood in the presidential palace and has a Brahmin's sense of entitlement. She instinctively shuns the business of dealmaking and says, "For me, silence is a political act." But her refusal to engage with other parties, plus the rabble-rousing tactics of her supporters, threatened to degenerate into a head-on confrontation with Islamic parties. "Megawati's followers were talking about revolution, while some of Habibie's [Muslim] followers were talking about a jihad," says Dewi Fortuna Anwar, a senior adviser to Habibie. A compromise had to be found...
...means, however, is the dynastic impulse a purely American phenomenon. In Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri led her party to victory in the recent elections. She came out of nowhere. She has no political experience. And her political views are almost unknown. No matter--she is the daughter of Sukarno, founder of the Indonesian state...
...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 favoring making a deal...
...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 and the government-military nominees, they?re fiercely divided...