The Meteoric Pair

In eastern Indonesia, when the drizzle had moistened the early morning, the pair of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Muhammad Jusuf Kalla had already greeted the day.

June 28, 2004

IT was the first week of June, at the Trikora Field, Jayapura when SBY-JKas the illustrious pair is knownbegan to issue forth with their pile of promises, plus a wagonload of hopes, all given free rein while watched by the thousands of pairs of eyes of the citizens of Papua. A similar scene was later displayed in Ambon, Maluku the following day. In the city that had once been in flames, the SBY-JK pair heroically delivered advice and promises in

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