President ill, cancels appointments

President ill, cancels appointments

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri canceled five
official appointments on Wednesday due to illness, presidential
secretary Kemal Munawar said.

Before she canceled the scheduled meetings, the President had
met with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto and
executives of Barisan Nasional, a nationalist group, Kemal Idris,
Rahmad Witoelar and Kharis Suhud.

She canceled appointments with executives of the Association
of Indonesian TV Series Actors, outgoing Mali Ambassador Amadou
N'diaye, European Union diplomats, the United Women for
Development and leaders of Indonesian Independence Pioneers
Association.

Dr. Himawan, one of the President's doctors, said that
Megawati caught a cold and that nothing was serious about it.--JP