31. Megawati was ousted as PDI leader by the breakaway faction at a rebel party congress last month that was held with the backing of the government and the military. 32. Megawati and her supporters have labelled the rebel congress illegal and unconstitutional and refuse to recognise its results. 33. Megawati was ousted as PDI leader by the breakaway faction at a rebel party congress last month, a meeting which was backed by the government and the military. 34. She was refering to the new party constitution that was agreed at the June rebel congress, held in the Sumatran city of Medan. 35. She has filed a suit against the government alleging that it backed a rebel party congress which ousted her as leader and elected Suryadi as the new party chairman. 36. Sources said the military was divided on the handling of the rebel congress. 37. Suryadi replaced Megawati Sukarnoputri as leader of the PDI at a rebel party congress backed by the government and military in June last year. 38. The government and military last month supported a rebel congress which ousted Megawati as party leader. 39. The government no longer recognises Megawati as the PDI leader and instead views Suryadi, elected by the rebel congress, as her replacement. 40. The government also sanctioned a rebel party congress which ousted Megawati and replaced her with Suryadi in June. |