After Defeat, a Split House
Megawati and Akbar attempt to steer the National Coalition around internal party conflict.
September 28, 2004
NO strains could be heard from Auld Lang Syne last Thursday in the MPR/DPR plenary session hall in Senayan, Jakarta. It was a momentous day in the country's history, but the 2004 Annual Session proceeded almost as normal. Present at most was a sense of closure that fell most squarely on the shoulders of People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Amien Rais, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung, President Megawati Sukarnop
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