Indonesia's president-in-waiting is still going about her work. Behind all the Javanese-style shadow play, the absences due to 'flu' and the stony silences, there is little doubt any more regarding Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's true views about the man she expects to replace.

On Monday the House of Representatives (DPR) discusses President Abdurrahman Wahid's reply to the first censure motion against him. Mega's Indonesian Democratic Party of