Protest Letter from Ciawi
Dozens of village heads in Depok have sent a letter to the president rejecting the Supreme Courts decision. Some feel they were tricked into signing it, however.
January 10, 2006
VILLAGE head Tubagus Asnawi from Tugu is like a star among the village chiefs of Depok. Over the last few days his cell phone has been ringing incessantly. Not calls from residents or from the sub-district office to attend a meeting, but rather from journalists or his colleagues, the other Depok village heads. They ask repeatedly about developments regarding the statement that caused such a commotion.
On Thursday last week, Tubagus did indeed prod
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