It was a heated meeting. Jamsosteks Board of Commissioners (BoC) persisted in removing Iwan Prijono Pontjowinoto as the companys chief executive. The removal, they said, was urgent because the situation had become chaotic. The employees staged unending rallies. If it had been allowed to go on and on, the company would have fallen into a deep coma.

Sugiharto, the host of the meeting that Thursday night two weeks ago, firmly rejected the demand. The