Mad About Mega.(Indonesia politician Megawati Sukarnoputri faces challenges and popularity as Indonesia rebuilds its government)

From: Newsweek International | Date: June 21, 1999| Author: Moreau, Ron | Copyright information

Megawati Sukarnoputri is living proof that gut impressions aren't always right. Only three years ago, former president Suharto thought he had banished the opposition leader into political oblivion. Using his signature strong-arm tactics, he removed her as the Indonesian Democratic Party's chairwoman, banned her from politics and sent in his security goons to take over her party's Jakarta headquarters. After all, practically anybody who had met her said the 52-year-old former housew...

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Mad About Mega.(Indonesia politician Megawati Sukarnoputri faces challenges and popularity as Indonesia rebuilds its government)
Newsweek International ; Megawati Sukarnoputri is living proof that gut impressions aren't always right. Only three years ago, former president Suharto thought he had banished the opposition leader into political oblivion. Using his signature strong-arm tactics, he removed her as the Indonesian Democratic Party's