I am ready to step down: Hamzah

Fri, 10 Jan 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Vice President Hamzah Haz said on Thursday he was
ready to step down as long as the process to oust him was
conducted according to the Constitution.

Reacting to nation-wide calls for President Megawati
Soekarnoputri and Hamzah to resign over utility price hikes,
Hamzah said he was ready to relinquish his post if he violated
the 1945 Constitution.

"I will not keep my current position forever. (I will step
down) if the process is constitutional," the Vice President said.

He said that in a democratic country street rallies were
common, while also calling on the people not to resort to
violence to express their displeasure with the government. --JP

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