Article: MEGAWATI IS ELECTED INDONESIA'S VICE PRESIDENT.(News)

Violent protests turned into celebrations yesterday when wildly popular opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri was named vice president, a move that bodes well for the future of Indonesia's fledging democracy.

The vote of the People's Consultative Assembly came one day after Megawati lost the first free and contested presidential race in the country's 54-year history.

Immediately after her loss to new President Abdurrahman Wahid, tens of thousands of Megawati's disillusioned supporters went on a rampage. Two people were killed and 65 were injured by a car bomb as troops fired tear gas and warning shots in Jakarta.

On the resort island of Bali, ...

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