The Economist (US), September 23rd, 2000
JAKARTA
PEOPLE are listening to Indonesia's president less and less. When Abdurrahman Wahid orders the arrest of a son of Suharto, the former president, the police ignore it. When his government extends a ceasefire in the separatist northern province of Aceh, fighting intensifies. When it orders the police and army to disarm the militias in West Timor, the two just shrug their shoulders.
It was initially seen as a good sign last week when Mr Wahid ordered the arrest of Tommy Suharto, along with that of a leading Islamic figure, over a spate of unsolved bombings. Finally, here was Mr Wahid ...
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