Waiting for the Divorce

Lobbying by politicians in anticipation of a split in the SBY-JK partnership has been intensifying. Some even went through the President’s mother-in-law.

March 3, 2009

THE black, yellow and white banner upset Golkar Party Chairman Jusuf Kalla (JK). Written on the banner were the words: “Which Way will the Coalition Go After the 2009 Legislative Elections?” Kalla said that he had been invited by the host, the Justice & Prosperity Party (PKS), to discuss the consolidation of political parties in the lead-up to the elections. “Not a coalition. But it doesn’t matter,” he said.

Upon arriving at the PKS of

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