Oct. 23, 2001:

Oct. 23, 2001: 50 legislators sign a petition demanding the establishment of a special committee (Pansus) to investigate the Bulog scandal

Oct. 24, 2001: Taufik Kiemas, the husband of PDI Perjuangan chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri, meets suspect Akbar Tandjung who is seeking the party's support not to bring the scam before a House special committee

Nov. 22, 2001: House of Representatives' steering committee (Bamus) fails to decide when the legislators will call for a plenary session to form a committee

Nov. 28, 2001: Steering committee again fails to set a date for plenary session

Dec. 10, 2001: Steering committee decides to convene plenary meeting to decide special committee question on Jan. 21

Jan. 21, 2002: House plenary session agrees to delay decision to let the legal process proceed. PDI Perjuangan says it prefers the legal process to a House probe.

March 7, 2002: Plenary session fails to take any decision and agrees to reconvene on March 18

March 18, 2002: Plenary session postpones decision to the next sitting.

March 25: Akbar's trial starts

July 1: Plenary session to decide whether special committee will be established