[Karuna Shinsho, Cnn Anchor:] Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is back in Jakarta, following medical tests in the United States, and today he warned those who removed him from power they would be held accountable someday for breaching the nation's constitution. Maria Ressa has the details.
[Maria Ressa, Cnn Correspondent:] When he took office, in 1999, Abdurrahman Wahid was Indonesia's first democratically elected president in more than four decades. Now he holds the added distinction of being the country's first president to be fired by its legislature. On Friday, he returned after a medical trip to the United States. The clinically blind Muslim cleric remained in the presidential palace for four days after Megawati Sukarnoputri became Indonesia's new leader, on July 23. The medical checkup was largely seen as a face-saving way for Mr. Wahid to leave the palace. Upon his return, Mr. Wahid maintained he was removed from power unconstitutionally. He said he would continue to fight for democracy, providing an alternative way for Indonesians to seek justice.
[Abdurrahman Wahid, Former Indonesian President:] I will form a clearing house for violations of human rights and anti-democratization efforts without naming the perpetrators, so the victims can directly mail their problems with me, and if possible, I would like to solve that.
[Ressa:] Mr. Wahid lost much of his support because of his erratic and often come capricious style of management. Supporters say he returns to what he knows best: criticizing a government and working for change from the outside. Maria Ressa, CNN, Jakarta.