Much of her remaining support derives from nostalgia for her father, Indonesia's founding president, Sukarno.
That's precisely what happened to Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno.
Called the "Father of Development" for revitalizing the debt-ridden economy he took over from Sukarno.
When Sukarno died he was not in office, and he was buried in a very simple way.
The 49-year-old daughter of founding president Sukarno may be one of Indonesia's best-known yet least understood politicians.
So far he is employing a tactic used by Indonesia's founding President Sukarno.
At the same time, there is one thing that sets her apart from ordinary Indonesians: She is founding president Sukarno's daughter.
For all his flaws, Sukarno remains an admired figure and there is little doubt that his popularity has rubbed off on Megawati.
Miss Megawati, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, had a popular following that threatened, albeit mildly, the government's monopoly on power.
For example, Aung San Suu Kyi, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Sheikh Hasina each wrote about their fathers, Aung San, Sukarno and Mujibur Rahman respectively.
President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Sukarno, who ruled the country between 1949 and 1966, has done a good job of cleaning up.
When they turned rough, as amid the debris of the Sukarno era, or during the oil-price slump of 1983-86, technocratic common sense has prevailed.
Closer home, Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri is reaping the windfall of widespread nostalgia for her father's presidency (the excesses of Sukarno's rule having been conveniently forgotten).
The eldest daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, shone alone that day, but Megawati usually shares billing with others on the grand political stage of post-Suharto Indonesia.
Former presidents Sukarno and Suharto were wary of promoting Islamic law in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic country, even though Muslims make up the majority of Indonesia's 209.4 million citizens.
After replacing Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, in the wake of a coup, he rattled off six re-elections before resigning in May, amid widespread riots and an economy in ruins.
Instead, she seems caught up in nostalgia for the era when her father, Sukarno, was president, Indonesia was an important diplomatic power and there was no talk of separatism.
Their main goal is to preserve the charade that she is a potential leader: Miss Megawati appeals to ordinary Indonesians because she is the daughter of Sukarno, Indonesia's first president.
After her seemingly convincing electoral victory in June, the daughter of founding president Sukarno did nothing to build alliances that would ensure her the presidency and make her an effective leader.
Hence Sukarno, Suharto and, perhaps, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, 52.
On October 10th, during a rally on the resort island of Bali, thousands of members of the Indonesian Democratic Party turned out to pick Sukarno's daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, as their presidential candidate for 1999.
Almost immediately, the Acehnese began fighting to regain their independence and, in 1959, after repressing a big uprising, Sukarno gave the province a special status, conferring autonomy in areas such as education and religion.
The winning party was that of Megawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, and staunch critic of the regime that succeeded him, which was led first by President Suharto and then by his chosen successor, President B.
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