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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - 5 Wednesday, 20. May 1998 Indonesia from page 2 the protest site when daylight came. While much of the public has turned against him in the face of soaring food and fuel prices, Indonesia's top military brass are backing Suhartov a retired general who himself came to power in time of turmoil in 1966 and has ruled with little tolerance for dissent ever since. Students cheered and applaudcontined the lone, soldiers the who of entered gent of Parliament on grounds Women students handed Tuesday. them flowers. The army largely has acted inauguration from page 1 Roche went on to win the final elections by 69 votes over Tim Jones and Cameron Soelberg. Soelberg has been appointed to chief of staff of Dubitsky's cabinet. The University of Utah's Committee on Student Affairs COSA serves as the appelate body for the supreme court and may have demanded that the court hear with restraint against the students: it was police who fired on a crowd of student demonstrators earlier this month, setting off days of looting and burning in Jakarta last week. More than 500 people died, most of them looters trapped inside stores set afire by the mobs. Environment Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Suharto hopes to push through reform and resign by year's end as head of the s world's fourth nation. Suharto himself did not give a most-populou- timetable for the reforms, saying elections would be held "as soon as possible." But he stressed that he would follow the country's 1945 constitution, which could mean at least the complaint. But the court volunteered to review its decision without pressure from COSA. ASUU President Damond Watkins, who was supposed to hand over the presidential office tonight, offered his apolcF gies for the way the evening turned out. "I was somewhat shocked at the decision," he said. "This is an inconvenient circumstance. It's unfortunate, but there is nothing more that we could have done. I felt bad we lost the money for the ceremony, but we ate the food. three to six months before a new vote. He promised to appoint a special reform council to draft new laws for parliamentary elections and change the structure of Parliament. After the elections, a new president would be appointed by a special assembly, made up of lawmakers and government appointees. "If we do not uphold the constitution, the country will be finished," he said, saying "bloodshed and even civil war" could result. Amien Rais, Indonesia's main opposition leader, estimated it would take up to two years to hold elections. But he predicted a speedy end for Suharto. "He will be defeated very Rais who organized soon," Indonesia to evacuate their Wednesday's rally and is promoting himself as a possible- - president, told reporters. "He does not know what is going on in his own citi- zens. Suharto was reappointed to a seventh term unanimously by a national assembly in March. He was to have ended that term in 2003. His rule was thrown into uncertainty Monday when the speaker of Parliament said lawmakers would demand Suharto's resignation. But the military quashed the idea with a statement of support for the president. Fearing more unrest, crowds of Indonesians lined up Tuesday at the Australian Embassy to apply for visas. The U.S. Embassy closed its visa office after sending staff and hundreds society." Apprehensive residents of the capital stocked up on food and other supplies. In Surabaya, Indonesia's -largest city, soldiers with sticks beat students Tuesday during a rally against the president, injuring 19 protesters, a witness second- said. Suharto's promise to step down won cautious praise of other nations. Some called it the first sign of hope for Indonesia in months, while others said they would wait to see it he iollows through. And most countries continued flying charter planes into non-essenti- of other Jakarta. "I had 500 students, to whom I'm accountable, who wanted sonic sort of action. I'm glad that they are being heard, at least, by the supreme court. There's is enough evidence for them to at least postpone the inauguration," he added. Although the court said it was merely postponing the inaugurations it did not reschedule. The court did set a time to decide today whether or not there would be a hearing on the complaints raised by A GREAT DINING Americans EXPERIENCE FOR out 20 YEARS! the petitioners. 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