The making of a president<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The events of Sunday and Monday will stand out
\nin the annals of Indonesian history. Below is a chronology of the
\nkey events marking Abdurrahman Wahid's last two days in office
\nand the elevation of Megawati Soekarnoputri to the presidency.<\/p>\n
July 22, 2001<\/p>\n
9 a.m. Political party leaders hold talks with Vice President
\nMegawati. At the end of the meeting some two hours later, MPR
\nSpeaker and National Mandate Party chief Amien Rais says
\nPresident Abdurrahman Wahid will likely to be ousted the
\nfollowing day.<\/p>\n
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. President Abdurrahman Wahid holds several
\nmeetings, holding talks with Coordinating Minister Agum Gumelar,
\nAttorney General Marsilam Sumanjuntak, Rachmawati Soekarnoputri,
\nacting National Awakening Party chief Alwi Shihab and State
\nMinister for the Empowerment of Women Khofifah Indar Parawansa.<\/p>\n
5:15 p.m. The President summons and meets the chairman of the
\nTNI\/National Police faction Budi Harsono and MPR Deputy Speaker
\nHari Sabarno, demanding that the faction withdraw its support for
\nthe MPR special session by midnight.<\/p>\n
5:30 p.m. Caretaker National Police chief Gen. Chaeruddin Ismail
\narrives at the palace to meet the President.<\/p>\n
7 p.m. The Indonesian Military stages a parade at the National
\nMonument in Central Jakarta under the command of the Army's
\nStrategic Reserves Command chief, Lt. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu.<\/p>\n
7:15 p.m. The President asserts that he will not resign, adamant
\nthat he will fight to hold on to his post and promising to make
\nan important political announcement at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
7:30 p.m. Agum Gumelar and TNI chief Adm. Widodo AS arrive at the
\npalace to meet the President.<\/p>\n
7:45 p.m. Activists and observers gather at the palace to meet
\nwith the President. Included among them are Emmy Hafidz, Yenny
\nRosa Damayanti, Hermawan Sulistiyo, Arbi Sanit and Muchtar
\nPakpahan.<\/p>\n
8:30 p.m. Ministry of Defense Secretary-General Lt. Gen. Johny
\nLumintang arrives to meet with the President. Also present during
\nthe meeting is Rachmawati.<\/p>\n
9 p.m. MPR leaders gather in anticipation of the President's
\nannouncement promised for 10 p.m. Jakarta Police chief Ir. Gen.
\nSofjan Yacoeb later arrives to attend the meeting in the
\nlegislative complex.<\/p>\n
11 p.m. Agum, Widodo, Lumintang and other top officials such as
\nAlwi, attend a meeting with the President. Abdurrahman reveals
\nthat he will proceed with the declaration of a state of emergency
\ndespite objections from several of his aides. He tells those who
\ndo not agree with him to go their own way.<\/p>\n
July 23, 2001<\/p>\n
1:10 a.m. President Abdurrahman Wahid issues a decree which
\nprovides for the suspension of the MPR\/DPR, the Golkar Party and
\nholding of a general election within a year.<\/p>\n
1:30 a.m. MPR leaders hurriedly gather to respond to the
\nPresident's decision.<\/p>\n
1:45 a.m. Agum Gumelar meets with Megawati at her residence
\nsaying that he is ready to resign, but the Vice President
\nmaintains it would be best for him to stay on to help coordinate
\nmatters and keep things under control.<\/p>\n
2:15 a.m. Cabinet Secretary Marzuki Darusman says he is
\nsubmitting his resignation in protest at the President's decree.<\/p>\n
2:30 a.m. Jakarta Police chief Ir. Gen. Sofjan Yacoeb arrives at
\nMegawati's residence and issues an order to police in the capital
\nto disregard the presidential decree and continue providing
\nsecurity for the MPR special session.<\/p>\n
3:10 a.m. MPR leaders decide to bring the start of the special
\nsession forward from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m.<\/p>\n
8 a.m. MPR begins special session with Megawati in attendance.
\nThe Supreme Court issues an opinion saying that the presidential
\ndecree has no legal basis.<\/p>\n
4:50 p.m. The MPR passes a decree revoking Abdurrahman Wahid's
\nmandate as president and appointing Megawati as the new
\nPresident.<\/p>\n
5:10 p.m. Megawati is sworn in as Indonesia's President.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/the-making-of-a-president-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }