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Stability is one concern that unites all of Indonesia?s elites, and that may make Megawati Sukarnoputri the country?s next president. The opposition leader, who won the biggest share of the vote ?- 34 percent ?- in the June 7 election, on Thursday broke her silence and demanded the reins of power. Megawati had remained circumspect during the subsequent glacial vote count as backroom negotiations continued among the country?s power centers, including the military, the ruling Golkar party (which polled 22 percent) and a plethora of smaller parties. Thursday?s announcement follows indications that the military may have offered...
...falls to President B. J. Habibie to break the impasse. But even if he upholds the results, the winner at the polls ? opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, who garnered 36 percent of the vote compared with Habibie?s 22 percent ? looks far from certain to inherit the spoils. A complex electoral process, which includes significant votes for the military and appointees of the provinces, means that despite the vote, the next president will be decided in backroom deals. "Many fear that the complicated mechanics of electing a president, designed by Suharto to minimize direct public participation, will be used to nullify...
...Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian Presidential Candidate Inheritor, White Knight, Healer...
Indonesia's political system adds a whole new meaning to the words "general election." On Friday, after around 20 percent of 113 million ballots had been counted in the country's first free elections in more than 40 years, opposition icon Megawati Sukarnoputri was projected to claim the biggest share of the vote ?- around 35 percent. But with the military-backed ruling party Golkar claiming a solid 20 percent and two smaller opposition parties each scoring close to that, the election may yet be up to the generals to adjudicate. The reason is that Indonesia?s president...
...going to be easy, but the General Election Committee had promised to complete half the count by Tuesday -? and by Wednesday night it had tallied only 7 percent. Indonesia?s stock exchange hit a two-year record high on Tuesday, buoyed by the strong showing of opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, but it resumed its slide Wednesday as everyone from opposition leaders, Western election monitors and even by the leader of the military-backed ruling party, President B. J. Habibie, expressed concern over the slow count...