Majority of assembly members reject Habibie

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Amien Rais (R), speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's highest constitutional body, announces Oct. 20 that the assembly voted down President B.J. Habibie's defense of his turbulent 17-month rule. The board in the foreground shows that 355 members rejected his accountability report, while 322 accepted it.

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