Megawati shocks palace employees

Megawati shocks palace employees

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri broke with tradition
on Tuesday with an impromtu visit to the Merdeka Palace, and the
State Palace next door, causing a stir among officials working in
the two vital buildings.

Some palace officials got the shock of their lives when
Megawati suddenly canceled her plan to attend a weekly meeting of
her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), and
asked her driver to turn around and drop her off at the nearby
palaces.

A palace official said Megawati came to see how the employees
keep the palaces clean and orderly.

"The President even checked the condition of the garden and
every room in both the Merdeka and State Palaces. She wished to
see everything in detail," one of the palace officials told The
Jakarta Post.

"It was funny to see so many employees shocked when the
President called them one by one from their offices and quizzed
them about the condition of the palace," the official added. --
JP