Expensive and Next to Useless
The MPR failed to agree on the mechanism to elect a president in the second round. Can PDI-P not control its members?
November 13, 2001
Amien Rais' peci was askew. After serving as the intermediary in tiring debates in closed meetings at Building Nusantara I, the speaker of the supreme People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) looked fed up. He even pushed aside his peci so it was aslant on his head. Smilingly, he then fixed it. The meeting between MPR leaders, faction chiefs and heads of Commission A went on for two and a half hours. But when time came for evening prayers the results w...