Indonesian house speaker under pressure to resign amid ethics probe

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A senior official of the largest opposition party in Indonesia's parliament briefly created confusion on Friday about the status of the house speaker, who is under public pressure over alleged ethical misconduct.

Fahmi Idris, a senior Golkar party official, told Reuters that Setya Novanto had resigned as speaker. But less than an hour later, Idris said Novanto had not resigned and retained the backing of his party.