The final straw came on Habibie’s first full day in office, when Prabowo ordered his Kostrad troops to take up positions around the presidential palace and the new president’s residence, without informing the armed forces chief, Wiranto. Habibie ordered Prabowo removed from his command “before sundown.”9 Much- di was transferred from Kopassus to a noncombat post. As the army tried to reposition itself in a new Indonesia, Prabowo and his ally Muchdi were left out in the cold.
