The President and the Pay Packet

February 6, 2001

H. Sujiwo Tejo *)

 

What is the difference between being a program presenter such as Ulfa Dwi Yanti and being the president of the Republic of Indonesia? From one viewpoint, namely the principle that, "one deserves financial compensation for work done," the two jobs are similar. You have reason to see a difference only when you view them from other perspectives. Many of those other perspectives contain elements of hypocrisy. In those hypo

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