President Abdurrahman Wahid is finished and even his loyal supporters know it. Once Saturday's plenary session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) was turned into the long-awaited `special session', the end was truly in sight.

Even in Nahdlatul Ulama, the mass Muslim organization he formerly led, they are already drawing up plans for what to do once he is ousted. It could be a volatile first few weeks for new president Megawati Sukarnop