Compromise or 'God Knows What'
The proposed solution to Indonesia's political crisis: President Abdurrahman Wahid hands over his authority as head of the government to his vice president. Will this concession ultimately be accepted by either?
May 15, 2001
Amien Rais again is out on the streets demonstrating once more. This time the influential speaker of the supreme People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) leads a long march, a mass of thousands, from the legislature in Senayan to the presidential Merdeka Palace.
All television stations broadcast the event live to all corners of the country. A number of foreign journalists busily make their way through the thick crowds. On arrival at the palace, the h
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