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Article: Suharto quits mess of Indonesia; President ends 32 years of iron rule.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 22, 1998
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President Suharto of Indonesia left the world stage yesterday, handing over to an ambitious technocrat who appealed for help from "all levels" of the country's troubled society.
Suharto left Indonesia in its worst economic mess since the 1960s. Newly sworn-in President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie must now halt the country's downward plunge.
Habibie promised that Indonesia would make the reforms required for a massive international financial aid package in an attempt to restore investor confidence.
"I am aware that my task is very heavy.
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