New Ammunition from Raffles Hills
President Yudhoyono recently announced prices cuts for Premium gasoline and diesel. He also pressured state companies to reduce the price of several commodities and services: electricity, trains and other modes of transportation. This popular decision was made possible by the fall in the world price of oil and sure to be campaign material for the Democrat Party.
January 20, 2009
THE presentation by Choel Mallarangeng created a sense of optimism in the Stamford multipurpose room at the Raffles Hills housing estate in Cibubur, East Jakarta, on Sunday, two weeks ago. There were wide smiles on the faces of leaders of the Democrat Party, including that of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who happens to be the party’s advisory council chairman. Choel, head of the FoxIndonesia political consulting agency, had just complete
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