Wanted: A Third Leg for SBY-Kalla
Newly announced, the popular SBY-Kalla ticket nonetheless faces a tough coalition field, with hot words from the likes of Gus Dur and Hasyim Muzadi.
April 27, 2004
A YEAR has passed since Megawati Sukarnoputri extended the first offer to Jusuf Kallabut there was never much gravity to the exchange. During a function organized by a member of Mega's family, the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) held Kalla's arms and said: "OK Bang (elder brother), yes? Are we set?" On another occasion, just before President Megawati's entourage was set to depart for a foreign junke
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