Amien Rais: "I stay on watch for 24 hours"

July 3, 2001

He is nicknamed `kingmaker' ever since he managed to seat Abdurrahman Wahid in the presidency two years ago. Once more, People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais is an ace card in the question of whether or not Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri will occupy the Number One position in the Republic of Indonesia. The 57-year-old native of Surakarta (Solo for short) in Central Java, a PhD from the University of Chicago, USA, has unreser...

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