Puan's Close Call
PDI-P failed to reach its target. What happened to the 'Jokowi effect' everyone was sure would bring in the votes? Was it, as reports claimed, suppressed from within?
April 15, 2014
MEGAWATI Soekarnoputri stopped tapping her fingers on the table. The screen in front of her no longer displayed graphs and figures. The white-snouted bull logo of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) came on the screen, with a message of congratulations for the 2014 legislative elections victory.
The party's chairperson stood up, shook hands with her daughter, Puan Maharani, 40, then kissed her on the cheek and hugged her. "Congratul
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