Bitter Victory

The Constitutional Court's decision to restore political rights to former PKI members is applauded, but comes too late for some candidates.

March 2, 2004

THERE was good news and bad for Sutarko Hadi Wacono, the 60-year old senior puppet master who hails from Purworejo. The good: the Constitutional Court last week repealed the law barring former members of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) from seeking election as legislators in both the central and regional assemblies. The bad news: the name of legislative hopeful Sutarko will likely not be included in the candidates' list for April's general

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