Wanted: A Full-Time President
Indonesia is weary from conflict. A round-the-clock leader is needed to bring order out of the chaos. Much took place during the two weeks President Abdurrahman Wahid was out of the country, and it all seems to have threatened his hold on the presidency.
March 6, 2001
The bloody tragedy in Sampit went in the direction of ethnic cleansing, similar to what took place in Bosnia or Rwanda. Nevertheless, the president decided not to return. Meanwhile, Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri was befriending the refugees. When she returned from her trip to Central Kalimantan, almost every faction—except for the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction, which defends President Abdurrahman—sent their delegates t
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