Who has the ear of President Megawati Sukarnoputri? Theo Syafei is not the only one by any means. In the internal ranks of her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) there are a number of others who are allowed to give advice to the chairwoman.

If it is about the economy, Mega generally chooses senior economist Frans Seda, now 75. A graduate of the Katholieke Economische Hogeschool in Tilburg, Holland, he served as trade minister