Febriamy Hutapea – The People's Consultative Assembly has scheduled a plenary session for Monday to endorse detailed impeachment procedures, just a day after some political parties named the officials they thought responsible for the controversial bailout of PT Bank Century.

Hajriyanto Thohari, a deputy chairman of the assembly, known as the MPR, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would be briefed on the matter today.

The MPR's powers include endorsing the impeachment procedures issued by the Constitutional Court. It also holds the power to appoint a new president or vice president.

The Constitutional Court last month issued regulations regarding impeachment in anticipation of "rapid changes" as a result of the bailout probe.

If its plenary session proceeds, the MPR may endorse the basic regulations and ethical code, including the technical specifics, for impeachment.

The session would come just a day before the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the recommendations of the special committee that investigated the Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) bailout.

"This is an internal meeting of the MPR," Hajriyanto said. "We will not invite the president, but we will inform him of the agenda."

Hajriyanto stressed that Monday's plenary meeting was only to set out the MPR's internal regulations, not to actually attempt to impeach the president or vice president.

Vice President Boediono, who at the time of the bailout was central bank governor and sanctioned the decision, seems most likely to be in the firing line. Four parties named him as responsible for what they called an "illegal" bailout. Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati was also blamed.

Under the Constitutional Court's regulations, at least two-thirds of a House plenary session must vote in favor of proceeding with impeachment should the president or vice president be found guilty of violating the constitution by the Constitutional Court.

The Constitutional Court would then have to approve the request before it was forwarded to the MPR, where a two-thirds majority would be needed to support the motion.

Based on the final stances of each faction of the special committee on Tuesday night, the six parties that alleged irregularities had occurred in the bailout decision, including corruption and banking crimes, have a total of 338 lawmakers in the House, which accounts for just over 60 percent of the seats.