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Being "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency takes on added significance when the ailing president has suffered two strokes - which is why the election Thursday of Indonesia's new vice president is a lot more than a formality. Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose shock defeat for the presidency in Indonesia's byzantine balloting system Wednesday set off a night of rioting, said she would take the job for "for the sake of the nation." Her path was cleared by an apparent consensus among the political elites that saw the withdrawal of two key rivals, armed forces chief General Wiranto and Akbar...
...assembly voted to reject his speech giving account of his 16-month tenure. Habibie's prospects had dimmed Monday when powerful armed forces chief General Wiranto declined his offer of the vice presidency. Even if Habibie drops out, it?s hard to pick a winner. Opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri polled the most votes in June?s election ? and her legions of protesting supporters have vowed to launch a revolution if she is denied the presidency ? but she has declined to get involved in the behind-closed-doors deal-making. "Even her own supporters complain privately of her reluctance to dirty...
...Absolving Suharto may prove to be the final nail in the coffin of Habibie?s own presidential aspirations. Although the country?s traditional elites may be looking for a way to keep out opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, being seen to do a Gerald Ford on his old boss won?t endear Habibie to a restive public that widely suspects Suharto got rich at their expense for decades. After all, Suharto and his family are a regular fixture on Forbes magazine?s lists of the world?s richest people ? and that?s quite an achievement for a man from an impoverished...
...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...
...President Habibie's aides have also acknowledged that he is under intense internal pressure from forces opposed to letting go of East Timor. Those range from the former dictator Suharto and opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri to the country's all-powerful military. The military has extensive economic interests in East Timor, and the officer corps fears that allowing the territory to break away will only encourage secessionist movements across the 13,000 ethnically diverse islands that make up Indonesia...