Indonesia: Final Drive?

Who should be tried?

Sukarno!

Who is our enemy?

Sukarno!

Who is the new-style pharaoh?

Sukarno!

This taunting tune is the latest hit song in Djakarta, and 6,000 students sang it lustily last week as they marched through the capital's streets in camouflage shirts. They were celebrating the first anniversary of the student demonstrations that thrust General Suharto and his colleagues into power as Indonesia's rulers. The appearance of the song also marked the start of what, his enemies hope, will be a final drive to oust Sukarno, 65, the long-revered bapak (father) of...

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