Ginandjar,and the System

He may be out of his cell, but the troubles of once powerful Ginandjar are not over. The attorney general, his rival for the heart of the Golkar party, is still lurking ominously.

May 8, 2001

Former chief economics minister and former mines and energy minister, Ginandjar Kartasasmita was once seen as a potential president-in-waiting. Not any more. But getting at 'Jonie' over allegations of large-scale corruption hasn't proved easy either.

As if a second censure motion was not enough of a shock for President Abdurrahman Wahid last week, two days later Ginandjar the corruption suspect walked free from his cell at the Attorney General's Off

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