I am ready to step down: Hamzah

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