Mega: Between Hope and Reality

June 8, 2004

IN the past, people considered Megawati Sukarnoputri the opposition figurehead for political groups oppressed by Suhartos authoritarian rule. At that time, they hoped Mega would be able to effect a change in the downtrodden state of the Indonesian people. Does that hope still exist, as the Chairwoman of the Indonesian Party of Struggle (PDI-P) prepares to step into the presidential election ring this coming July 5? Coupled with Hasyim Muzadi, the

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