Jakarta Can’t Afford to Sleep

December 26, 2000

Andi A. Mallarangeng *

 

What people have been waiting for is coming at last. You might think it to be too early, but a great many others say they have been left waiting far too long, all through the New Order era. So, now that the time has come—1 January 2001—regional autonomy must be implemented to the full. It cannot be delayed any longer because it has become an agenda of reform, part of democratization, and a mandate of

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