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Article: Asia's first wives and daughters club.(campaign of Sukarno's daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, to become president of Indonesia)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 9, 1999
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After decades of father-knows-best leadership, Indonesia may become the latest Asian country that prefers a woman to head the national family.
Early results from the historic parliamentary election on June 7 show that Megawati Sukarnoputri's party is leading, raising her chances to become president in November.
But the root of her success is also her Achilles' heel. The daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, who shepherded the country to independence in 1949, she is faulted for her lack of leadership ability and
vision.
Still, Mrs. Megawati taps into nostalgia for her father's populist appeal among the poor and nationalists. ...