30 Jul 2008
JAKARTA -SEVERAL Indonesian legislators are threatening not to ratify the ASEAN Charter, declaring that they are upset over Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's remarks on the pace of ratification among members.They told the Jakarta Post that more factions in the House of Representatives would now oppose the document, allegedly because of the remarks by Mr Lee during the Asean Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on Monday.
National Mandate Party (PAN) legislator Djoko Susilo said: 'We are really offended by Lee's remarks. And now, it seems if we do ratify the Charter we are just giving in to pressure from Singapore.'
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