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To: Solon who wrote (634)	5/22/1998 7:28:00 AM
From: tom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 947

As you speak, the students are rioting again in response to the sham that is Habbibie and his crony cabinet. Suharto's resignation is only the first act in the Indonesian revolution (and it is a revolution make no mistake about that). There is much more to come. A course of action has been set in motion and it will run its natural course. Although it is undoubted that it was mainly the power and will of the students' protests that forced the "face losing" departure of President Suharto I wonder how much influence the coverage of CNN + BBC had on the whole event? The students might have been helped by the fact that, at least in the UK, there has been virtually no other news and so Indonesia has been the headline item most nights. Any comments? Tom

To: Solon who wrote (634)	5/22/1998 8:39:00 AM
From: John J H Kim	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 947

<<"People have got what they want". What self-respecting pro-democracy student would feel fulfilled with Habibie as President?>> That is the case in point. They were so much focused on getting Suharto out, that they didn't give much thought to the next step: Get Suharto out, then we should support "Mr X". SO far there is no Mr. X, so instead what happens? Habibi makes a smooth transition. So far. Now they might have to go back to square one and try to oust Habibi. That will bring even more chaos.