Outgoing President Megawati Sukarnoputri — criticized by the media for being a sore loser in Indonesia's first direct presidential vote — will skip this week's inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the country's next head of state, a senior aide said Sunday. Voters overwhelmingly dumped Megawati in favor of Yudhoyono in the Sept. 20 election over her failure to fix the many economic and social problems saddling the world's most populous Muslim nation. During her tenure, Megawati was also perceived as aloof and uncaring.
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