The jingle of his spurs drew closer, the porch creaked under his weight, the saloon doors swung open, and...the boys in the black hats laughed and turned back to their drinks. That was the reaction this week to Indonesia's embattled president, Abdurrahman Wahid, who responded to a censure motion from parliament by vowing to get tougher on corruption. Mr Wahid has been making such promises since he took office 15 months ago. But he blames his failures on his coalition partners, who are protecting their rich and powerful backers. Now that they are hell bent on impeaching him anyway, he says, he is free to blast away.
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