Jakarta, May 28: Indonesia's top political leadership decided on Thursday that new general elections cannot be held until next year.Parliament speaker Harmoko told reporters after a meeting with president Jusuf Habibie and senior members of the cabinet that a special session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will be called late this year or early in 1999 to approve changes in electoral law which will have to precede the polls.
The 1,000-member MPR, which includes the 500 members of parliament and nominated civilian and military officers, is the nation's top decision-making body.
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