Amien Rais: Now I have a better chance of becoming President

August 20, 2002

THE 11-day main event is over now. After the dust settled, Amien Rais did what every host does: accept praises from pleased guests and the grumbles from disappointed ones. Amien's striking the gavel on Sunday, 11 August, not only brought the 2002 MPR Annual Session to a close, it also enshrined one of the most significant events in the history of the Indonesian legislature. The session that he presided over produced a four-part constitutional amen

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