On High Alert

The government has raised the price of fuel, triggering protests everywhere. The Palace is worried that martyrs will fall, while the President has cancelled his trip to Italy.

May 27, 2008

PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was to have visited Rome next week to attend a World Food Security Ministerial Level Meeting. The meeting, organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization, will, among other topics, discuss the world food crisis. But the domestic crisis may well put an end to the President's plans.

"The President's trip to Italy, also to England, has been canceled," said a Tempo source. Presidential spokesperson Dino Patti Djalal

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