General with many cards

General with many cards

JAKARTA (JP): Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. A. Wahab
Mokodongan has, almost on a daily basis, been hanging around the
People's Consultative Assembly, but no one seems to know what he
is really doing.

One day he was seen standing in a corner of the main congress
hall, wearing a dark suit bearing an "observer" identity card.

On another occasion he was seen wearing a "guest" identity
card.

The strong-faced but friendly general was seen on Thursday
accompanying the head of the Armed Forces faction Lt. Gen. Yunus
Yosfiah in a dialog with 20 students of the state-run University
of Indonesia. But Wahab is not a faction member.

Yesterday he disclosed his multiple role.

He took a card inscribed with "(official in charge of) session
affairs" out of his suit pocket.

"I always bring at least two ID cards every day," he said,
adding that he has another card given out only to security
officers. (amd)