by january 1967, suharto felt confident that he had removed all significant support for sukarno within the armed forces, and the mprs decided to hold another session to impeach sukarno. on 22 february 1967, sukarno announced he would resign from the presidency, and on 12 march, the mprs session stripped him of his remaining power and named suharto acting president. sukarno was placed under house arrest in bogor palace; little more was heard from him, and he died in near seclusion in june 1970.