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Indonesia elects
Wahid president
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A
revered but frail Islamic party leader
won the first open
presidential elec
tion in Indone
sia’s troubled his
tory yesterday,
defeating the pop
ular daughter of
the country’s
founding father
and setting off a
WAHID
wave of violent protests by her dis
illusioned supporters.
Abdurrahman Wahid comes to
power as Indonesia grapples with
its worst economic crisis in 30
years and continuing communal
and separatist violence rages
across this ethnically diverse arch
ipelago of 210 million people. His
election gives Islam unprecedent
ed influence in the world’s largest
Muslim nation.
In the wake of the vote, gun
shots rang throughout the capital
of Jakarta.
About 10,000 supporters of
Wahid’s rival, Megawati Sukarnop
utri, tried to march on Parliament,
throwing rocks and gasoline bombs
at police who stopped them with
tear gas and warning shots. The
clashes continued into the night be
fore protesters drifted away.
Gangs also roamed some streets
and tried to hijack cars. At least
one man was killed when a car ex
ploded, injuring 18. A separate
homemade bomb, hidden in a
flower pot, injured five people at
the city’s main traffic circle. A third
bomb went off harmlessly in a
street after Jakarta’s huge conven
tion center was set on fire.
Inside the heavily guarded Par
liament, Wahid — who has suf
fered two strokes, is nearly blind
and can barely walk — was sup
ported by two aides as he shuffled
to a podium to make his inaugural
speech calling for national unity.
Although Wahid, 59, heads In
donesia's largest Muslim organiza
tion, he has long supported coop
eration among faiths and
continuing the separation between
religion and government.
Wahid, better known by his
nickname, Gus Dur, is regarded as
a voice of tolerance and democrat
ic reform.
“It will be a heavy task to create
a peaceful and prosperous society
in the future,” Wahid said in his
first speech as president.
Until yesterday, Megawati, the
daughter of Indonesia’s first presi
dent, had been regarded as the
presidential frontrunner.
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