Megamuddle.(Megawati Sukarnoputri aspires to lead Muslims)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: June 26, 1999 | Copyright information

JAKARTA

FOR the three years in which she has been Indonesia's leading opposition figure, there is one aspect of Megawati Sukarnoputri that has rarely been discussed. It is the fact that she is a woman, aspiring to lead the world's largest Muslim nation. Now, her sex has suddenly become an issue. One of her main rivals, the staunchly-Muslim United Development Party (PPP), has said it will only support a presidential candidate who is male, and a true Muslim. Although she i...

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