On 15 May, Wiranto met with Soeharto who had gone to Egypt to attend an economic summit but was forced to come back to attend to the situation back home. Soeharto brought up the idea of reinstating the Command for the Restoration of Security and Order ("Kopkamtib") to deal with the situation. Finally, on 18 May, Soeharto issued a Presidential Instruction ("Instruksi Presiden No 16/1968") to Wiranto. Wiranto was to be made Commander of the National Alertness and Safety Operation Command (KOPKKN). This presidential instruction has been compared to Supersemar, a key letter of authority which former president Sukarno issued in March 1966 providing the then-major general Soeharto with wide authority over government in Indonesia. Soeharto's Presidential Instruction in May 1998 was seen as providing Wiranto with wide authority to choose whether to use his new power or not.