Cabinet `Shock Therapy'
The new economic team pledges to strengthen the economy in order to absorb the unemployed and reduce poverty—a tall order for the first 100 days.
October 26, 2004
PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono passed his first test in fine form. The index of the Jakarta Stock Exchange, on a downturn over the past week, began to rebound last Friday. The previous four days, the index had eroded as a result of market sentiment and apprehension following SBY's choices for top ministerial candidates. The Prosperous Justice Party made a public statement expressing concern over candidates who were pro-IMF and lenient on
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