JAKARTA: Amien Rais, head of Indonesia's supreme legislature, said yesterday that concentrating on the Islamic vote would not win him the presidency in next year's elections.
Amien, a former leader of the country's second largest Muslim group, also said Islamic schools preaching hate should be shut down and the Bali bombers should not be allowed to appeal their death sentences.
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