It seems Yusril Ihza Mahendra’s statement from early last year about the president’s plan to declare a state of emergency and disband the parliament has recently resurfaced. At that time Yusril, then the minister of justice and human rights, openly rejected the idea, and he was then fired. Now the statement has resurfaced, more openly and stronger, in the May 5, 2001 cabinet meeting. Some newspapers even reported that the president al