A Thinly-Veiled BattleA Thinly-Veiled Battle

Megawati’s and Kalla’s campaign teams are running on fast-forward. With a month left to go before election day, they must go on the offensive.

June 2, 2009

THIS is the ninth event I have attended today,” said Jusuf Kalla (JK), laughing. Hundreds of guests attending the “Dialog of 1,000 Business Operators with JK-Wiranto” at the Ballroom of Nikko Hotel, Jakarta, on Friday night last week applauded. “I can still attend 12 events a day,” he added. Again there was thunderous applause. That night, Kalla, 67, the Indonesian Vice President who is currently running for the presidency, did indeed a

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