Amien Rais
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"Muhammad Amien Rais" is a prominent Indonesian politician who led and inspired the reform movement that forced the resignation of President Suharto in 1998. Amien Rais was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Muslim organizations in Indonesia, from 1995 to 2000. Amien Rais was the Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) from 1999 to 2004.

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I am now going to Jakarta to pressure people there to make donations. Please be patient. Help has come. Please realize that this disaster is too heavy for the local government to carry alone.

This Cabinet smells strongly of nepotism.

I think the nation will be happy, will be relieved, because Suharto is the problem. So by getting rid of him, I think the nation ... will feel, you know, gratified, satisfied, happy. From then on, we can talk about economic reforms, political reforms.

I don't see any miracles at all. He's finished.

The general view of the factions of the People's Consultative Assembly can be said to reflect the aspirations of the people.

To talk about concrete power-sharing is still too early.

To be honest, there is not one leader from any political party who at the moment has the vision, the agenda or the program for resolving the problems in our nation.

I think parties must stick together and avoid polarization.