Mega told me to be quite: Gus Dur

Mega told me to be quite: Gus Dur

SURABAYA: The chief patron of the National Awakening Party
(PKB), Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, said on Wednesday that
President Megawati Soekarnoputri had asked him to stop issuing
statements.

According to Gus Dur, who Megawati succeeded as president,
Megawati made the request while receiving members of PKB's
executive board in Jakarta on Monday.

Gus Dur, who was impeached for incompetence in July 2001, did
not say if he would heed Megawati's request.

Earlier he said he would take Megawati's advice not to travel
to the United States after that country included Indonesia on a
list of countries whose male citizens over the age of 16 must
register with immigration.

Gus Dur also said PKB would refuse to cooperate with any
party, including Megawati's Indonesian Democratic Party for
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), in the upcoming elections.

"What I say (in my statements) is the truth. If Megawati does
not find them acceptable, we don't need to cooperate with PDI
Perjuangan. PKB will triumph without PDI Perjuangan. When the
people abandon them, let them taste the bitter experience," he
said. --Antara