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November 12, 2000
JAKARTA (AP) - Lawmakers called on beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid Saturday to resign saying he was no longer capable of fixing Indonesia's ailing economy or stemming separatist and sectarian violence. About 200 of Indonesia's 500 legislators from various political parties gathered at a convention center in central Jakarta to discuss how to tackle the Southeast Asian country's many woes. "People are so disappointed with the president," said Alvin Lie, a member of the former ruling Golkar party. "The president should now step down." Other lawmakers echoed Lie's comments, saying it would be better for Wahid to resign rather than cling to office. Wahid was elected president by a shaky political coalition in October last year, ending decades of corrupt, authoritarian rule under former dictator Suharto. Wahid has had a patchy first year in office. Hopes that the respected Muslim scholar would entrench democracy and end civil unrest, human rights abuses and rampant graft have been largely unfulfilled. He has had some success in taming the once all-powerful military, but sectarian and separatist violence continues to erupt in the outer reaches of this vast archipelagic nation. Some lawmakers have called on Parliament to impeach him over his role in two high-profile financial scandals. Wahid left Indonesia Saturday for Qatar where he will attend the 56-member Organization of the Islamic Conference. He will then travel to Brunei.
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