In that time, Marzuki Darusman, the attorney-general, must complete his criminal investigations into the allegations.
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Moreover, there are doubts whether Mr Marzuki will be tough enough on Mr Suharto's friends and relations.
" Adds his deputy Marzuki Darusman: "If there are any violations, they were committed by our fanatical members.
The second is a rift within Golkar, which is led by Akbar Tanjung and Marzuki Darusman, his deputy.
"A Gus Dur-Megawati ticket is probably something Golkar could live with, " says Marzuki Darusman, leader of Golkar's reform wing.
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Retired Judge Michael Kirby will chair the inquiry, working with UN special rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, and human rights activist Sonja Biserko.
Tanjung and Marzuki, he says, are just window dressing for a party that remains what it always was: a patronage machine.
Golkar's Marzuki Darusman, the attorney-general, has spearheaded the corruption investigation against Suharto and ordered the arrest of Bob Hasan, a Suharto business crony.
He will be joined by Sonja Biserko, a founder of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, and former Indonesia attorney-general Marzuki Darusman.
Marzuki Darusman is currently the UN Special Rapporteur on North Korea.
Mr Marzuki has been an outspoken critic of Mr Habibie, arguing that since Golkar won only 22% of the vote in June it should jettison him as its presidential candidate.
Several influential Golkar members, including Marzuki Darusman, its deputy chairman, argued that nominating Mr Habibie would provide a clear target for opponents and intensify claims that Golkar is the party of the past.
Golkar vice chairman Marzuki Darusman notes that the ruling party's image has also been hit and says that Habibie should have dropped Ghalib as soon as the scandal broke, instead of standing by him.
Similarly, even though he personally does not favor jailing Suharto for corruption, Wahid was careful to note that new Attorney General Marzuki Darusman would reopen the investigation into allegations that the ex-dictator enriched himself illegally.
"In the middle of Golkar's image crisis, Habibie is supposed to be proactive in responding to reports from citizens, including ICW, " says Marzuki, who adds that the situation may lead to a review of Habibie's suitability as Golkar's presidential candidate.
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