NU leader ready to quit<\/p>\n
MAGELANG, Central Java: The controversial leader of the 30-
\nmillion strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization,
\nAbdurrahman Wahid, says his re-election last year has yet to be
\nrecognized by the government.<\/p>\n
\"For that, I'm ready to quit if an NU extraordinary congress
\nwants me to do so,\" Gus Dur, as he is better known, told
\nparticipants of a workshop here on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Gus Dur said the government's refusal to recognize him has
\nprompted some NU leaders to question his leadership legitimacy,
\nthough this hasn't posed any problem in the provinces.<\/p>\n
Since he was reelected in a congress last year, he has not
\nbeen come before President Soeharto as a sign of the government's
\nrecognition.<\/p>\n
Asked why the government has not recognized him, Gus Dur said
\nit had to do with his comments in A Nation in Waiting, a book by
\nAdam Schwartz about Indonesia under President Soeharto.<\/p>\n
He declined to go into specifics as to which point offended
\nPresident Soeharto but argued that his remarks were \"taken out of
\ncontext. \"It's a personal problem, actually,\" he said. (har\/pan)<\/p>",
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