Bring on the Super-Subs!

Minister Ryaas Rasyid has declared he will resign within weeks. It could herald a wider cabinet reshuffle. Meanwhile, President Abdurrahman Wahid looks to football for clues on how to survive. Will he find them?

December 18, 2000

Ryaas Rasyid has made his mind up and says nothing will change it. On January 4, the state minister for administrative reform plans to officially announce he is resigning from the cabinet. "That is a good day. I am going to go to the palace and immediately give a letter of resignation to Gus Dur," he told TEMPO last Monday. The letter, said Ryaas, has already been drafted. Six pages long, typed in single spaces. "But this still has to be revised. It

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