Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid summoned military brass to his palace on Wednesday for a third meeting in two days as he struggled to bring his wayward generals to heel a week before a crucial vote on his future.
The military has grown increasingly critical of Wahid and shifted behind popular Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri in the fight for control of the world's fourth most populous country.
Parliament meets next Wednesday against an expected backdrop of mass rallies and possible street violence to consider urging a special impeachment session of the supreme People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
At his latest meeting with the military, just hours after seeing the men at a regular breakfast gathering, Wahid denied widespread rumors that he was about to sack military commander Admiral Widodo and other senior officers.
``There is no plan to replace the chiefs...because this will trigger restlessness in the TNI (military),'' chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters afterwards -- JAKARTA (Reuters)
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