Hasyim's daughters wed, Mega attends

Hasyim's daughters wed, Mega attends

MALANG, East Java: President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is
heading for a crushing defeat in last week's presidential
election, attended the wedding of her running mate Hasyim
Muzadi's daughters in Malang on Sunday.

Accompanied by her husband Taufik Kiemas, Megawati arrived at
Hasyim's Al-Hikam Islamic boarding school at 7.a.m., where the
wedding ceremony was held.

After congratulating the two couples, Alfi Rachmawati and Edy,
and Hilman Wajdi and Lailatul Izza, the President and her
entourage flew home to Jakarta from the Abdurrahman Saleh Air
Force Base in Malang.

Before she left, Megawati expressed her gratitude to local
Muslim clerics for helping make the Sep. 20 presidential election
a success. -- Antara