THE MEETING AT KILEN PALACE

Megawati and Sultan Hamengku Buwono X are still sizing each other up but getting closer in the process, like a long engagement. They have not determined who will be the presidential and vice-presidential candidates.Why was Prabowo not present in Solo?

February 3, 2009

A ROW of men dressed in security guard uniforms of the Solo Keraton or palace stood at attention, lined up from the lobby to the hall of The Sunan Solo Hotel, Central Java. A half hour later, Megawati arrived from Sahid Hotel. She had come to open the National Working Meeting of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Wednesday last week. Megawati was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and black pants. The party’s logo of a white-nosed

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