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Departing Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, famous for her reticence, stayed true to form in her last days in office. Despite official confirmation that rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had beaten her by a whopping 20 percentage points in September's runoff vote, the 57-year-old has remained largely silent on the subject. "Whoever has been chosen, we must graciously accept it," she said in an Armed Forces Day address on Oct. 5. But that was as close as she came to acknowledging defeat?and the President seemed to be having trouble following her own advice. Although Yudhoyono was seated nearby...
...Such anger, coupled with public concern that the bombers may be allowed new trials, sparked a backlash against the government. In the Kuta area, outgoing President Megawati Sukarnoputri was resoundingly defeated in the recent presidential election?being the granddaughter of a Balinese, though, she managed to take the island as a whole. "I very much understand how [the victims] feel, but there are many aspects that have to be considered," says I Made Mangku Pastika, Bali's chief of police, whose investigation helped break up the Jemaah Islamiah network blamed for the attack. "We have to think about the psychological...
...production was being moved to China because the costs of doing business in Indonesia were simply too high. Freshly unemployed and with poor prospects, Riza expressed his frustration at the ballot box on Sept. 20. In Indonesia's first-ever direct presidential election, Riza rejected incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri and voted instead for challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "I hope that there will be change under this government, especially in the creation of jobs," Riza says. "I can rely...
...contains 13,000 volumes?and a discipline that allowed him to finish and defend a doctoral thesis in the middle of a presidential campaign. Those were qualities Yudhoyono downplayed on the stump, where he touted a decisiveness honed through a 29-year military career. Unlike the incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Yudhoyono told voters, he wouldn't shy from tough decisions to tackle the country's social and economic woes...
...whom pollsters had expected to take up to 45% of the votes, is now predicted to win only a third of them. Former army chief Wiranto, whose Golkar party dominated April's parliamentary elections, is now in third place, with just 22%. And in the biggest surprise, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has more than doubled her projected share to take 26% of the votes. The final results won't be announced until July 26, but for now it appears that the embattled incumbent is headed for a September runoff against Yudhoyono, her former Security Minister...