Sharing out the Cake

They are already fighting over who might be Indonesia's next vice president. And the real winner may be the sitting president they all want to oust.

July 3, 2001

It's a big cake and it's ready for the cutting, or so they think. The cake is called Megawati Sukarnoputri's presidency. It has to be shared out very carefully, each piece exactly the right size. If not the whole cake could just break up and fall apart in a big mess. Perhaps this is why Mega has been treading so carefully. Many people say they want Sukarno's eldest daughter back in the palace her father once occupied. But will they abandon her a ...

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