Habibie's speech invites applause<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): President B.J. Habibie's accountability speech,
\nwhether because it was good, bad or extremely controversial, was
\nmet with at least 47 rounds of applause and three interruptions
\nby the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) members on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The 638 Assembly members attending the function clapped their
\nhands when Habibie read his achievements in law enforcement
\nagainst corruption, collusion and nepotism.<\/p>\n
Such a reception invoked laughter from Habibie three times
\nduring his three-hour speech.<\/p>\n
But a previous consensus of maintaining an uninterrupted
\nsession was breached three times by Indonesian Democratic Party
\nof Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) legislators.<\/p>\n
The first interruption came from PDI Perjuangan faction chief
\nSutjipto just before the speech began. He requested security
\nofficials to stop shooting at students who were rallying outside
\nthe Assembly compound.<\/p>\n
About 90 minutes into the speech, another PDI Perjuangan
\nrepresentative, Zulfan Lindan, made Habibie stop his speech.
\nZulfan drew the Assembly's attention to the shooting spree on
\nstudent protesters, which was continuing.<\/p>\n
Senior politician Sabam Sirait took his turn requesting
\nsecurity officials to stop the shooting.<\/p>\n
Assembly Speaker Amien Rais tolerated the interruptions for
\nthe sake of reform movement. Nevertheless, after the third break,
\nAmien asked the members not to get carried away and to stop
\ninterrupting the speech. (02)<\/p>",
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