Word: wiranto
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...most inopportune time imaginable. Campaigning has just begun for Indonesia's first direct presidential election, set for July 5, and the incumbent is suddenly beset by credible challengers. One is Megawati's former Security Minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, leader of Partai Demokrat, a new populist party. Another is Wiranto, a former general under Suharto, who last week was nominated as Golkar's presidential candidate...
...hard to believe Indonesians could yearn for a return to the oppressive Suharto era. Wiranto, Indonesia's armed-forces commander during East Timor's successful fight to secede from the country, was indicted in February 2003 by a United Nations-backed court for crimes against humanity. He allegedly failed to prevent atrocities committed by his troops and pro-Indonesia militia against East Timorese civilians. (He has denied the charges and says he tried to stop the violence.) Yet amid the disgruntlement over Megawati's performance, Wiranto's Suharto ties no longer count against him. Wiranto and Yudhoyono, who is also...
...Amid the frustration, good news came on Feb.24, with the lodging in Dili of the most significant indictments yet: charges against the former governor of East Timor, and seven key military figures, including the now retired Indonesian Minister of Defence, General Wiranto. Charged with crimes against humanity, the eight were indicted for 280 alleged murders, based on more than 1,500 witness statements. The charges brought "new hope to the people," says Jose Luis de Oliveira, head of the NGO Yayasan HAK. "Before that people were feeling frustrated that politicians were not being vocal and nothing was being done...
...heart and can also discuss German soccer players with Chancellor Gerhard Schroder. He tells risque jokes to his "friend" Bill Clinton and then pays court to Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi. Of more concern, he is fickle in matters of state, saying he would fire his military chief, General Wiranto, relenting and then actually firing him, all in the space of 24 hours...
...shut out the presumptive president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, by cobbling together a voting bloc of Islamic parties and Suharto supporters, and then immediately headed off the violent reaction in the streets by naming Megawati as his deputy. But while he's almost improbably acquired the support of the military against Wiranto, keeping the generals on board could prove a tough challenge. With separatist and religious violence threatening to break apart the fractious archipelago state, the military remains the only truly national institution binding together disparate islands whose only point in common is a history of colonization by the Dutch. And many...