A Clash of Wills
JUSUF Kalla and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono disagree on a number of infrastructure projects—among them a monorail project and electricity power plants. After Kalla reprimanded him, Boediono asked to resign from the cabinet. This internal battle has added spice to reports of an impending cabinet reshuffle.
May 8, 2007
VICE President Jusuf Kalla’s speech rumbled on. Speaking to governors, regents and mayors from all over the country, this Golkar Party Chairman spoke sternly. “In which country do people have to line up to buy rice after 60 years of independence?” he exhorted.
This is why, Kalla declared, at the National Development Planning Meeting held at Bidakara Hotel, South Jakarta, on Thursday last week, in the next two years the government plans to
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