Three Days After The Storm
What transpired at the heights of power during the first three days after the tsunami? Remembering the event a year later, several sources, including Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Minister of Communications & Information Sofjan Djalil, talked about their experiences to Tempo.
December 27, 2005
AFTER just getting into his car, Jusuf Kallas cellular phone rang. His private staff reported: Pak, there was a tsunami in Aceh. It was very terrible. That morning, on December 26, 2004, Kalla wanted to attend a post-Ramadan halal bihalal gathering of Acehnese in Senayan, Jakarta. Kalla then sent a short message to the phone of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who that morning was far off in Nabire, Papua. The president was meeting with victim
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