Sedikit kutipan dari news dibawah: "Analysts and financial markets had feared an eruption of violence across Indonesia if the deeply unpopular Habibie inflicted a parliamentary defeat on Megawati, the clear people's favorite." Salam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 10/19/99, 7:45:37 PM, Nova Yoshendri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [saham] FW: *** MUST READ ***: > > Tuesday October 19 8:12 PM ET > > > > Indonesia's Habibie Quits Presidential Race > > > > By Amy Chew > > > > JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's beleaguered President B.J. > > Habibie > > pulled out of the presidential race early Wednesday, > > making it > > increasingly likely popular opposition figure Megawati > > Sukarnoputri will > > become leader of the world's fourth most populous nation. > > > > The speaker of the supreme People's Consultative Assembly, > > Amien > > Rais, told reporters of Habibie's decision after visiting > > the president at his > > home, local television station SCTV reported. > > > > Presidential palace sources said Habibie would make a statement at 7.30 > > a.m. (0030 GMT). > > > > Habibie's badly faltering campaign was effectively killed off Tuesday > > night when the > > assembly, due later Wednesday to choose a new president, voted down his > > defense of his > > turbulent 17-month rule. > > > > While Habibie's withdrawal eases the way for Megawati, she still faced a > > tough battle to > > secure the assembly's nod, despite her overwhelming popularity and her > > party's convincing win > > in a separate June parliamentary election. > > > > Senior officials from Habibie's Golkar party went into crisis talks after > > Tuesday night's vote > > against Habibie, with some suggesting Golkar may back ailing Muslim > > leader Abdurrahman > > Wahid, the third candidate in Indonesia's first contested election. > > > > There had been speculation that Wahid, a close friend of Megawati, would > > pull out to clear the > > way for her. But sources close to the unpredictable Muslim cleric said > > his bid was firm. > > > > The assembly broke into cheers and cries of ``Allah is great!'' and some > > sang the national > > anthem as the number of votes against Habibie's accountability speech > > passed the majority. > > > > The final vote was 355 against 322. > > > > Habibie's Defeat Triggers Violence In Streets > > > > Habibie's defeat sparked a violent reaction from some supporters. About > > 1,000 people went on > > a rampage in the town of Ujung Pandang on his home island of Sulawesi, > > torching buildings. > > > > Some party members in Jakarta tried to assault a dissident member and > > Habibie critic, Marzuki > > Darusman, after the vote. > > > > Golkar colleagues intervened and got them to back off from Darusman, who > > had urged the > > party to drop Habibie. > > > > Habibie has been badly damaged by financial scandal, failure to curb > > graft or properly > > investigate his mentor and predecessor Suharto and his handling of East > > Timor. > > > > He suffered another blow Monday when armed forces chief General Wiranto > > refused to be > > his running mate. > > > > Megawati is the daughter of Indonesia's late founding president Sukarno, > > who was removed in > > the mid-1960s by Suharto, Habibie's strongman predecessor. Suharto was > > forced to resign in > > May 1998 by massive rioting over the collapse of the economy. > > > > The rupiah jumped in offshore trade as dealers figured Habibie's defeat > > would boost Megawati > > and prevent possible violence erupting from the inevitable anti-Habibie > > protests if he was > > reappointed. > > > > Analysts and financial markets had feared an eruption of violence across > > Indonesia if the > > deeply unpopular Habibie inflicted a parliamentary defeat on Megawati, > > the clear people's > > favorite. > > > > In a separate vote, the legislature endorsed the decision of East Timor's > > people to split from > > Indonesia after almost 24 years of sometimes brutal rule. > > > > The decision formally annulled a decree issued by the assembly in 1978 > > incorporating the > > former Portuguese colony into the world's fourth populous country after a > > 1975 invasion. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Was the salesman clueless? > Productopia has the answers. > http://clickhere.egroups.com/click/555 > To subscribe, send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send an emty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
