Soeharto, President for Life

August 21, 2001

Soeharto, President for Life

Residents of Tafuli, an isolated village in the Belu regency, East Nusatenggara, are not ready followers of Suharto. Yet, they still believe that the current president of Indonesia is Suharto. This village of 800 people doesn't realize that the presidency has changed hands a number of times since Suharto stepped down in 1998.

Understand that Tafuli, about 250 kilometers east of Kupang, is a village isolated from

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