Catastrophe Avoided

According to the majority of respondents in our weekly survey, Abdurrahman Wahid's issuance of the decree was unfounded.

July 31, 2001

WidesPREAD fears of imminent catastrophe have so far been unfounded. The mass demonstrations that former president Abdurrahman Wahid repeatedly warned would take place in the event of him being overthrown, did not happen. Apart from a few diehard supporters who staged a protest in front of the presidential palace, mass demonstrators did not take to the streets. A repeat of the 1998 May tragedy, which took the lives of hundreds prior to the

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