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JAKARTA, OCT. 4. Voters handed the former General, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a landslide in Indonesia's first direct presidential election after he pledged to fight terror and fix the battered economy, according to official results announced on Monday. The U.S-educated candidate will be sworn in on October 20. Markets and foreign Governments will be anxious to see how he intends to fix the many problems facing the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Emphatic victory
The official results of the September 20 election showed Gen. Yudhoyono with 60.62 per cent of the vote, ahead of the current President, Megawati Sukarnoputri's 39.38 per cent. A total of 115 million people voted. Gen. Yudhoyono was to deliver a formal acceptance speech later on Monday. But earlier in the day, he already began speaking like the new leader. "I will arrange the makeup of the next Government and a programme for the first 100 days, and then will explain to the people what the Government is truly working for," he told reporters. A running tally of votes had shown Gen. Yudhoyono with an insurmountable lead in the election for more than a week, but he had declined to claim victory and Ms Megawati had refused to concede ahead of the official announcement. Voters eager for change were impressed by Gen. Yudhoyono's grasp of the issues facing the country and his honest image.
Trained in U.S.
Gen. Yudhoyono attended Officer Training College in the U.S. and is popular in Washington because he is seen as a better partner in the war on terror than Ms Megawati was. The country was hit by three major attacks by Muslim terrorists during her tenure.
— AP
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