The Jalan Jambu Team

Despite the circuitous route taken, in the end Yudhoyono adopted the Jalan Jambu Team’s ideas. Kuntoro will lead the President’s Task Force, while Raden Pardede and Chatib Basri are slated to be deputy ministers.

October 27, 2009

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto’s cellular telephone rang on Friday morning two weeks ago. It was State Secretary Hatta Rajasa. He said that there was an important matter he wanted to convey. Kuntoro was asked to come to the sixth floor of the State Palace that night.

The State Palace is a building located next to the State Secretariat. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and senior officials working around the Presidential Palace usually receive g

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