THE student demonstrators may have forced President Suharto out of office after a 32-year reign, but that pressure group didn't have much of a say in how the denouement unfolded: finally, the wily 76-year-old veteran orchestrated his departure on his own terms. He left the presidential residence at Cendana on May 21 but not before installing loyalist and controversial vice-president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, 61, in his place. That Suharto was pulling the strings was amply evident when Gen. Wiranto, defence minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, also swiftly pledged his loyalty to Habibie.