Word: amiens
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...carefully staged television interview, Wahid solemnly insisted: "All of the information about the two cases is absolutely not true." He added, "I'm not involved in anything." At least one influential viewer, however, remained unconvinced. Amien Rais, head of the People's Consultative Assembly, the upper house of parliament, told Time that Wahid must resign, saying: "He has trampled on his oath as a leader...
...Wahid in office is preferable to allowing his vice president to take the top job. And some of her own supporters are counseling patience, suggesting that taking the presidency in mid-term with the economy languishing may not be the most prudent course of action. Other players, such as Amien Rais, who leads a rival Muslim party that had initially supported Wahid, have made no secret of their ambitions. And all of Indonesia's political factions are well represented in the parliament of the streets, where things can turn ugly pretty quickly. So, as ever, the power struggle in Jakarta...