Megawati celebrates birthday with street children

Megawati celebrates birthday with street children

Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri celebrated her
55th birthday on Wednesday with a party for hundreds of street
children and orphans at the headquarters of her Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle.

During the party Megawati clapped along to music from young
street singers, who make a living at traffic lights. She also
distributed food (photo above) to a number of the children.

The children conveyed their wishes to Megawati to be committed
to the eradication of corruption, collusion and nepotism.

They said if the current situation continues, their lives
would not improve.

Party leaders, including Soetjipto, Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno,
Roy BB Janis and Kwik Kian Gie, also attended the celebration.

Born in Yogyakarta on Jan 23, 1947, Megawati is the eldest
daughter of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno.

She took office on July 23 last year after the People's
Consultative Assembly removed her predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid
for incompetence. -- JP