Week-long power vacuum looms: Expert<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The deputy chairman of the Justice and Unity
\nParty (PKP) warned of the uncertainty which would exist during a
\none-week legislative power vacuum when legislators will vacate
\ntheir seats a week ahead of the installment of new ones.<\/p>\n
\"Anything could happen in that one week,\" Sutradara Ginting
\nsaid, referring to the end of the current legislators' term on
\nSept. 24 before new legislators are installed on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n
\"If it's possible, the installment and swearing in of new
\nlegislators should be done on Sept. 24 to avoid a legislative
\npower vacuum,\" he said in a discussion organized by the young
\nintellectuals forum Bincang Bincang on Saturday.<\/p>\n
He said that with the delay of the nomination of the regional
\nand interest groups of the MPR members, the executive arm would
\nbe the only power holder during that one week period.<\/p>\n
In reality, the judicial arm has always been in the shadow of
\nthe executive arm, he said.<\/p>\n
\"Behind Habibie's seemingly ideological and idealistic motives
\nlurk numerous interest groups with a potential to seize power. So
\nwe have to design a contingency plan to anticipate any possible
\nevents during that week,\" he said without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Ginting said a peaceful transfer of power could not be delayed
\notherwise the nation would be left with the two possibilities of
\neither a military takeover or one by the power of the people.<\/p>\n
Other speakers in the discussion included Ali Mansyur, Monica
\nTanuhandaru and Yahya Cholil. (06)<\/p>",
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