'PDI-P contributes little to nation'

BANDUNG, West Java: Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said on Saturday that her party had contributed only a little to the nation.

"If we look at the history of the nation, we should be ashamed that our party has contributed so little compared to what the country has contributed to us," she said.

She pointed out that the people had placed great confidence in the party to win the 1999 elections, but had become complacent since.

"We are still minding our own interests," she said in front of about 30,000 party supporters.

She called on party members to listen to the people's aspirations and for party legislators to stop considering their personal interests in tending to their duties. -- JP