Excerpts of the presidential dialog:

Excerpts of the presidential dialog:

1. On Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh, who has been named a graft suspect:

-- Megawati: To ensure the continuance of the administration and public services, he should be declared nonactive. -- Amien: He has to be declared nonactive as soon as possible. The people of Aceh are waiting to see whether Jakarta has the guts to uphold the law.

2. On unemployment: -- Hasyim: Over the next five years the economy will absorb 13 million new workers, while the number of people living in poverty will be reduced by 45 percent. -- Amien: We will focus on the construction sector. In housing, if one house requires eight workers, we can employ about eight million people in that area alone. We also plan to provide credit facilities to some 40 million micro-businesses.

3. On investment:

-- Amien: The priority is the legal system, which continues to create uncertainty, apart from security. -- Megawati: There are still lots of foreign investors coming to Indonesia. Only recently, I heard that beer maker San Miguel will be entering Indonesia.