Chapter 582: Connections and Influence Should Not Be Underestimated

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The power of Wiranto and Prabowo should not be underestimated. Out of the 27 provinces in Indonesia, the governors of 20 provinces have been drawn into their camp. Wiranto has the support of 12 provinces respectively. Prabowo has eight.

And the cabinet members in the Congress have almost become the people of Wiranto and Prabowo. That is to say, Suharto's connections and power that he had managed for many years were almost divided between the two of them.

Today, Suharto, who has informed Indonesia for decades, has been pulled down like an emperor.

In order to stabilize Indonesia, which is in a precarious state, Habibie will temporarily serve as the president.

This result was determined by many aspects. First, although Habibi and Suharto were not related by blood, they were like father and son, and Suharto had originally decided to let Habibi be his successor.

Although the power under Suharto has been divided by Wiranto and Prabowo, there are still three pounds of nails on the broken ship, and with Suharto's support, Habibie is not alone.

On the other hand, Indonesia is now a mess that could collapse at any time, if Wahid takes the presidency immediately after Suharto steps down.

You have to face all the contradictions in Indonesia head-on, including those senior executives and generals who have plans, and those civilians who have accumulated strong grievances due to the economic recession.

At that time, Wahid may become the target of public criticism.

So under the instruction of Zhou Hao and the others, Wahid did not try to fight for the position of president immediately, and the people in the Congress also expressed their acquiescence to Habibie's interim president because of the orders of Wiranto and Prabowo.

Whether it is the original history or the present, Habibie has been reduced to a shield for the next president, acting as a transitional role.

Although Habibie is the president now, the power of the government and the power of the army are not in his hands, and he is just a puppet in name only.

Moreover, the Indonesian government has passed a resolution to hold a general election in half a year.

The general election half a year later is the ultimate goal of Wahid and Zhou Hao.

According to the order of the "First Army", both Wiranto and Prabowo personally invited the governors of a province who supported them to Jakarta.

The governors of the twenty provinces did not know that Wiranto and Prabowo were under the control of the people, and thought that they were going to fight for the presidency one last time, so they all came to help.

When the appointed time came, the provincial governors, most of whom were military generals, came to Jakarta one after another.

On the side of Wiranto's official residence, high-end Mercedes-Benz cars drove in one after another.

"Huh? Why are the guards of General Wiranto so unfamiliar? They have all been replaced before?" The governor of East Sumatra saw that the soldiers and guards in the mansion were completely different from the ones he had seen before.

different, he said in doubt.

The governor of Banten said: "This is also very normal. The struggle between General Wiranto and Prabowo may have reached a feverish stage. It is hard to guarantee that there will be no undercover agents from Prabowo among the guards in the past. All the personnel will be rotated. Once, it's safer."

The rest of the people also nodded when they heard the words, and when they were about to enter the inner room, the soldiers in front of the door said sternly: "I'm sorry, everyone, in order to protect the general's safety, I can only let you in. Bodyguards and guards, please stay outside."

"What does this mean? Could it be that the general still can't trust us?" the governor of West Nusa Tenggara said dissatisfied.

The soldier remained expressionless: "I'm sorry, this is the general's order, please be considerate.

Because the general has been assassinated no less than ten times in just five or six days, we have to strengthen our defenses. "

Although everyone was still a little dissatisfied after hearing this, they also knew that Wiranto's request was understandable, not to mention that they originally hoped to continue to be their own ministers and emperors after the president changed.

So he didn't dare to disobey Wiranto, so he had to let his bodyguards and entourage stay outside, and walked in under the leadership of Wiranto's men.

There is a special meeting room in the mansion, and all twelve governors were brought here, and Wiranto was already sitting at the chief's place waiting for them.

There were more than a dozen guards with stern faces in the meeting room. Everyone thought that Wiranto had arranged so many people to ensure the safety of this secret meeting, so they didn't take it seriously.

Among these provincial governors, some of them are old comrades-in-arms who have a deep friendship with Wiranto. Naturally, this meeting must be a reunion. At the same time, these people are also expressing to others that they have an unusual friendship with Wiranto.

They sat down one after another, and the governor of East Sumatra smiled and said: "General Wiranto, now that old man Suharto has been pulled down, the position of president is none other than you, I am here Congratulations first."

Others also flattered Wiranto, and the governor of Banten over there also said: "Although Habibie is temporarily acting as president, that kid has always been ambitious. What is he.

However, in the presidential election half a year later, he will not be able to take advantage of it again. Don't worry, general, we will definitely fully support you as president! "

"Thank you for your deep friendship." Wiranto smiled, but his heart was filled with embarrassment.

paused.

He said: "However, it can be said that Indonesia is full of internal and external difficulties. Internally, due to the financial turmoil, the national economy has regressed rapidly. The people are very dissatisfied with our government.

There is also no peace in Timor, those people always want to be independent.

Externally, after the previous conflict,

The international image of our country has been greatly affected, and countries are unwilling to provide assistance to us, and some even plan to sanction us. "

The people present are very familiar with the situation in their own country, but they don't really care much. As long as they can keep their power and wealth, everything else is not important to them.

Moreover, they believed that since Wiranto was interested in the presidency, they must have corresponding countermeasures on how to govern Indonesia, so they kept silent and looked at him in unison.

Sure enough, Wiranto continued: "If you want Indonesia to get out of this predicament, I think the most urgent thing is to solve the domestic conflicts. If you want to fight against the outside world, you must first settle down inside."

The governor of Banten hurriedly said: "The general is right. The general must have thought of a way. Just say it, and we will try our best to cooperate."

"It would be best if everyone is willing to cooperate." Wiranto said with a smile: "I know that due to Suharto's perverse actions over the past few decades, the people in the country are very dissatisfied with him, and even reject the military's participation in politics.

And I think that military participation in politics does have a lot of disadvantages. Therefore, in order for Indonesia to develop smoothly, I would like to make a suggestion to the Congress, so that the Congress can issue a ban to prohibit soldiers from serving as high-level officials, so as to curb the trend of militaristic dictatorship. "

Hearing what Wiranto said, the twelve provincial governors present were all shocked, because nine of them also served as commanders of the local army, and Wiranto's point of view was obviously to seize their power.

"General, what do you mean, you don't plan to run for president anymore?" the governor of East Sumatra asked with narrowed eyes.

"That's right." Wiranto said lightly: "I have decided to do my best to support Wahid's election for the presidency."

Governor Banten suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a serious face: "General, you invited all of us here just to talk about this matter?"

Wiranto nodded, and heard the governor of Banten say angrily: "Hmph! I didn't expect that we would support a waste like you.

Well, please forgive me for not being with you anymore, I will go to Prabowo now and support him as president! "

The others also nodded, but Wiranto shook his head with a wry smile: "It's useless, Prabowo is the same as me, and will do everything possible to support Wahid, so you don't have to waste your time in vain."

"Wahid, who is that guy who actually made you and Prabowo give up the presidency and support him instead?" the governor of East Sumatra asked in surprise.

Wiranto didn't answer, just shook his head slowly. At this time, he saw the changes in the expressions on the faces of his old comrades-in-arms, and said: "A friend, I advise you to play a game.

Don't even think about going back to your respective jurisdictions, because now, your local government and military power may have changed hands. "

"Nonsense, my hand

The people below are all my confidants, with them, others want to get my hands on my power, unless he wipes out all my troops! "The governor of Banten sneered.

Wiranto smiled and said: "Hehe, don't be so naive. Think about it yourself, as long as you are gone, they can take your place. You said they will help you protect your power what?

Be sober, the ones who take your power are your subordinates! "

From the moment they entered Jakarta, their jurisdiction was destined to no longer belong to them. Wiranto knew that the regime and military power in these twelve provinces should now be under the control of the "First Army" as scheduled.

And Prabowo is the same, the eight provinces have the same fate.

As for the remaining seven provinces, although they did not support Wiranto or Prabowo, Wiranto knew that those provincial governors, if they had not been bought by huge profits, had already voted for Wahid, or They were removed by the "First Army" in other ways.

Thinking of this, Wiranto couldn't help lamenting in his heart: "It's over, our country is going to fall into the hands of those Chinese, and our Indonesia is going to be over."

(end of this chapter)

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