Indonesia’s Parliament Votes to Impeach President Abdurahman Wahid; Vice-President Megawatisukarnoputri, Who Has Close Ties to the Military, Ascends to Power

Indonesia’s national assembly impeached President Abdurahman Wahid today and elected Vice President MegawatiSukarnoputri as his successor. The motion to dismiss Wahid, a nearly blind Muslim cleric who heads the nation’slargest Muslim organization, was passed 591-0. The vote was taken after army generals and senior police officersrejected an emergency decree issued hours before by Wahid that ordered the assembly’s immediate suspension.


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