She has not made any public appearance for the past two weeks. Megawati Soekarnoputri was absent from three events: the inauguration of her husband Taufiq Kiemas as Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), the inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as President of Indonesia for the 2009-2014 term, and the Executive Meeting of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

After the presidential inauguration, Kiemas said tha