sentences:  In early 1966, as the Army encouraged student protesters to demonstrate against President Sukarno, Ali played his part by assigning Kostrad troops to protect the protesters from troops loyal to the President.The political unrest finally ended on 11 March 1966 when Sukarno handed over executive authority to Suharto through Supersemar.With Suharto now holding all the political power, there was now an official effort to end Confrontation.