The power of Viranto and Prabowo is indeed not to be underestimated. The leaders of twenty-seven provinces in Indonesia were attracted to their camps, Viranto had twelve provinces each, and Prabowo had eight. The cabinet members in the parliament also became Viranto and Prabowo. In other words, Suharto's connections and forces that had been running for many years were almost divided up by the two of them.
Now, after decades of notification from Indonesia, Suharto, who is like an emperor, has been pulled down. In order to stabilize Indonesia, which is in a turmoil, Habibi will temporarily act as president. This result is determined by many aspects. Initially, although Habibi and Suharto have no blood relationship, they are like father and son, and Suharto originally decided to let Habibi be his successor. Although Suharto's forces have been divided up by Viranto and Prabowo, there are still three kilograms of nails in the broken ship. With Suharto's support, Habibi is not weak either.
On the other hand, Indonesia is now like a mess that will collapse at any time. If Wahid immediately takes the position of president after Suharto stepped down, he will have to face all the conflicts in Indonesia head-on, including those senior executives and generals who have made up some resentment due to the economic recession. At that time, Wahid may become the target of public criticism.
So at the instruction of Zhou Hao and others, Wahid did not immediately fight for the position of president, and those in Congress also expressed their default attitude towards Habibi's temporary president because they received the orders of Viranto and Prabowo.
Whether in the original history or now, Habibi has become a shield for the next president and serves as a transitional role. Although Habibi is the president now, the government's power and military power are not in his hands, and he is just a puppet in name only. Moreover, the Indonesian government has passed a resolution and decided to hold a general election in half a year.
The election in the past six months is the ultimate goal of Wahid and Zhou Hao.
According to the order of the "One Army", Viranto and Prabowo both invited the heads of the province who supported them to Jakarta in their personal name. The heads of the twenty provinces did not know that Viranto and Prabowo had been controlled, and they thought that they were going to fight for the president for the last battle, so they were invited to help.
At the agreed time, the vast majority of governors who were headed by military generals came to Jakarta one after another.
I saw high-end Mercedes-Benz cars driving in one after another at Viranto’s official residence.
"Huh? Why did General Viranto's guards be so handsome? All those were replaced before?" The governor of East Sumatra said in confusion when he saw that the soldiers and guards in the official residence were completely different from those he had seen before.
The governor of Banten said: "This is also very normal. The struggle between General Viranto and Prabowo may have reached a white-hot stage. In the past, it was difficult for those guards to have no undercover agents from Prabowo. If all the personnel were rotated, it would be safer."
The rest of the people nodded one after another when they heard this. When they were about to enter the inner room, the soldiers in front of the door said with a cold face: "I'm sorry, in view of protecting the general's safety, I can only let you go in. As for your bodyguards and guards, please stay outside."
"What does this mean? Can the general not trust us?" said the governor of Sinusa Tenggara in dissatisfaction.
The soldier still had no expression on his face: "I'm sorry, this is the general's order. Please be considerate. Because the general has been assassinated by no less than ten times in just five or six days, we have to strengthen our defense."
Although everyone was a little dissatisfied with hearing this, they also knew that Viranto's request was understandable. Moreover, they originally hoped to continue to be their own ministers and emperors after the presidential change, so they did not dare to rebel against Viranto, so they had to let their bodyguards and entourage stay outside and walked in under the leadership of Viranto.
There was a special conference room in the official residence, and all twelve governors were brought over, and Viranto had been sitting in the chief waiting for them. There were more than a dozen guards in the conference room, and everyone thought that Viranto had arranged so many people to ensure the safety of this secret meeting, so they didn't take it much.
Among these governors, there are some old comrades who are deeply in love with Viranto. This time they meet, they are naturally bound to get together. At the same time, these people are also telling others that they have a very special relationship with Viranto.
They sat down one after another, and the governor of East Sumatra smiled and said, "General Viranto, now that old Suharto has been pulled down. The position of the president is yours. I will congratulate you first."
Others also flattered Viranto, and the governor of Bandan there also said: "Although Habibi is temporarily acting as the president, that kid has always been very ambitious and talented. If Suharto had not fully promoted him to the throne, he would have been nothing. However, in the presidential election half a year later, he would have no choice but to come and get a bargain. General, don't worry, we will definitely support you as president!"
"Thank you for your deep friendship." Viranto smiled, but sighed in his heart.
After a pause, he said: "However, Indonesia now has many internal and external troubles. Internally, due to the financial crisis, the national economy has rapidly regressed, the people are very dissatisfied with our government, and East Timor is not calm, and those people always want to be independent. Externally, after the previous conflict, our country's international image was greatly affected, and countries are unwilling to provide us with assistance, and some even plan to sanction us."
The people present knew very well what the situation of their country was, but they actually didn't care much. As long as they could protect their power and wealth, everything else was not important to them. Moreover, they believed that since Viranto was interested in the position of president, they would definitely have corresponding countermeasures for how to govern Indonesia, so they didn't speak out and looked at him at the same time.
Sure enough, Viranto continued: "If you want Indonesia to get out of this dilemma, I think the most urgent thing is to resolve domestic conflicts. To fight against foreign countries, you must first settle the country."
Governor Wandan quickly pleased him and said, "General is right. General must have thought of a solution. Just say that, we will do our best to cooperate."
"It's best for everyone to cooperate," Viranto smiled and said, "I know that due to Suharto's decades of rebellion, the people in the country are very dissatisfied with him, and they are also extremely repulsive of military participation in politics. And I think there are indeed great disadvantages for military participation in politics. Therefore, in order for Indonesia to develop smoothly, I would like to make suggestions to Congress, let Congress issue a ban, prohibit military personnel from serving as senior officials, and curb the trend of military and nationality."
After hearing Viranto's words, all the twelve governors here were shocked, because nine of them served as commanders of the local army, and Viranto's view was obviously to seize their power.
"General, what do you mean is that you don't plan to run for president anymore?" asked the governor of East Sumatra, squinted.
"That's right." Viranto said lightly: "I have decided to do my best to support Wahid's election for president."
Governor Wandan suppressed the anger in his heart and said with a calm face: "General, you asked us all to come here to talk about this?"
Viranto nodded, and then heard the Governor Bandan 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 nodded, but saw Viranto shaking his head with a wry smile: "It's useless, Prabowo, like me, will do his best to support Wahid, so you don't have to waste your time."
"Washid, who is that guy? Can you and Prabowo give up the position of president and support him?" said the governor of East Sumatra in surprise.
Viranto did not answer, but just shook his head slowly. At this time, he saw the faces of his old comrades changing, and said, "A friend, I will advise you to have a game. Don't think about going back to your respective jurisdictions, because now, your local government and military power have probably changed hands."
"No, my subordinates are all my confidants. With them, others want to get involved in my power unless he destroys all my troops!" The governor of Wandan sneered.
Viranto smiled with a grudge and said, "Haha, don't be so naive. Think about it yourself. As long as you are gone, they can take your place. Do you think they will help you protect your power? Be more sober, the one who seizes your power is your subordinates!"
From the moment they entered Jakarta, their jurisdiction was destined to be no longer under their jurisdiction. Viranto knew that the regime and military power of these twelve provinces should now be under the control of the "one army" as scheduled, and the same was true for Prabowo, and the eight provinces had the same fate.
As for the remaining seven provinces, although they did not support Viranto or Prabowo, Viranto knew that if those governors were either bribed by Chongli, they had already been cast to Wahid, or they were removed by the "one army" in other ways.
Thinking of this, Viranto couldn't help but lament in his heart: "It's over, our country is going to fall into the hands of those Chinese, and we in Indonesia are going to finish."