The Megawati and Wahid show

WITH a sweeping cabinet overhaul about to take place, a curious sort of power struggle has begun between Indonesia's president and vice-president. In response to criticism from the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the country's highest legislative body and the one which elected him president last year, Abdurrahman Wahid has said that he will delegate more of the “technical aspects” of daily government to Megawati Sukarnoputri, his vice-president and the leader of a rival party. On August 16th, Miss Megawati read out in the MPR a speech for Mr Wahid, who is nearly blind, calling for reconciliation and unity among the 200m Indonesians.