"People are expecting change, and Habibie does not symbolize this, " says Alwi Shihab, a chairman of Gus Dur's National Awakening Party (PKB).
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The National Awakening Party (PKB) under Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid came in second at 19%, while the ruling Golkar party of President B.
His National Awakening Party (PKB) came third in the June polls (13%) and sits fourth in terms of actual number of MPR seats (57).
Gus Dur, the chief of Nahdlatul Ulama, a rural-based Muslim group that boasts 30 million members as well as its own political vehicle, the National Awakening Party (PKB).
His National Awakening Party controls only 10% of parliament's seats.
For example, the endorsements of the National Awakening and Prosperous Justice parties, neither of which fielded a candidate in the last round, will be up for grabs again.
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These include Islamist groups, led by the United Development Party, as well as two strong parties with secular factions: Amien Rais's National Mandate Party and Abdurrahman Wahid's National Awakening Party.
Up to now, the members and volunteers of the BJP and the religious organizations working in tandem with it observe the anniversary of the mosque's demolition as a day of national awakening.
Wahid's National Awakening Party (PKB), based on the 30-million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) mass Muslim movement that he leads, was considered the PDI-P's natural partner in the coming coalition-building battle for the presidency.
Combined with those of two of Miss Megawati's potential coalition partners Abdurrahman Wahid's National Awakening Party and Amien Rais's National Mandate Party the main opposition forces appeared to be capturing around 60% of the vote in the early going.
That starts by treating this moment not as some global airing of our dirty laundry but rather a national awakening to the reality that all of us -- girls and boys, women and men -- must do our part in cleaning it.
For all involved, Klinsmann has been something of a rude awakening in a country where quasi-anonymous national players can drink in night clubs until 3 a.m. without any repercussions.
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