Gearing Up for War

Factions within Golkar are preparing a scenario to replace chairman Akbar Tandjung. But does it all depend on President Mega?

October 30, 2001

The situation inside the Golkar party currently resembles the Kurusetra battlefield during the Bharatayudha war as written in the Mahabharata epic. From a distance, A.A. Baramuli heroically leads Golkar's knights of the Iramasuka (acronym for Irian, Maluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan—Ed) group. Opposing him, are forces of Akbar Tandjung, of Marzuki Darusman, and those of Ginandjar Kartasasmita, each one preoccupied with their own respective co

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