Pig in a Poke

The drive to move the MPR special session up to a new date is losing steam. Even the coalition against Abdurrahman Wahid is falling apart.

June 26, 2001

Suddenly the move to force an early session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) to impeach President Abdurrahman Wahid is grinding to a halt. A fortnight ago after Wahid ordered investigation into corruption charges against Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung and faction leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) at the House of Representatives (DPR), Arifin Panigoro, the parties called for a speeding up of the impeachment pr

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