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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