6 June 1999

Polling Booths Set up in Indonesia

During Habibie's short presidency free elections were again held in Indonesia on June 7 1999, with 48 parties participating. The elections received massive media attention, nationally and internationally, with their validity checked by international observers. The day before the elections, at the end of a three-week election campaign, polling booths were being set up around the archipelago. In a nationwide television address president Habibie hailed the parliamentary elections as a "reawakening of democracy" for Indonesia.

See also:

•  Elections in Indonesia

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