The Day Three Ministers Choked

The increases in telephone and electricity rates and fuel prices have become a hot political issue. There are even reports of plans to oust Mega.

January 21, 2003

The three ministers were seen gesturing furiously at one another and talking at the same time. They were Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare, Yusuf Kalla, and Coordinating Minister for Political & Security Affairs, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who met last Wednesday during a session of the DPR’s (House of Representatives) Commission on People’s Welfare.

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