president directly october people 's consultative assembly mpr consists member parliament plus appointed members elected abdurrahman wahid commonly referred gus dur president megawati sukarnoputri vice president five year terms wahid named first cabinet early november reshuffled second cabinet august president wahid 's government continued pursue democratisation encourage renewed economic growth challenging conditions addition continuing economic malaise government faced regional interethnic interreligious conflict particularly aceh maluku islands irian jaya west timor
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