The Blind Leading the Blinded

Gus Dur claims that the DPR's special investigation committee is illegal. And the reply? The president is running scared.

December 11, 2000

The relationship between President Abdurrahman Wahid, alias Gus Dur, and the House of Representatives (DPR) is heating up. After the DPR has bombarded him with rights of inquiry, the 'Outpouring of Opinion' forum and plans to convey that opinion which could lead to a Memorandum (summons), it's now Wahid's turn to lash back. This time, he took aim at the legality of the DPR's special committees currently investigating cases concerning the misuse of the

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