A Love-Hate Relationship

Together with Jusuf Kalla, Aburizal Bakrie was a bastion of support for Yudhoyono in the previous administration. But this partnership broke apart because of the Bank Century case.

February 24, 2010

HARYO Heroe Syswanto Ns. Soerio Soebagio was busy calling a friend of his who ran a T-shirt silk-screening business. Six years ago, as the general elections approached, this politician better known as Sys Ns asked for help to make T-shirts and banners at discount prices. At that time, the Democrat Party, which had only recently been established by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), lacked the funds. “At the time of the legislative election, the De

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