From Surgery to the Negotiating Table

Dr. Farid is able to successfully carry out orders from Jusuf Kalla: bringing those in conflict to the negotiating table.

October 25, 2005

DOCTOR Farid, 55, is a surgeon. But his greatest talent is not only surgically repairing human bodies. He is able to bring conflicting parties to sit down at the negotiating table.

Farid is not as popular as others who are close associates of Jusuf Kalla. He works more like a guerilla fighter: secretly approaching two groups in conflict. He persuades, gains trust and finally brings the two groups in dispute to sit together in order to find a solut

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