Beleaguered Wahid chides MPs

Jakarta - Responding to a stinging rebuke by parliament, beleaguered Indonesian President Mr Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday chided…

Jakarta - Responding to a stinging rebuke by parliament, beleaguered Indonesian President Mr Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday chided MPs for failing to do their work.

Addressing the nation in a televised speech, Mr Wahid made no direct mention of Monday's second censure motion lodged against him by the People's Representative Council.

But shortly before Wahid's statement was aired, Foreign Minister Mr Alwi Shihab said the cabinet deemed the second censure "unconstitutional".'

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