Torment and misery at Senayan

The mess at the DPR continues. The National Coalition intends to share out the commission leadership positions. The People's Coalition is being cautious, afraid of being betrayed once more.

November 9, 2004

THE tension has crept into people's houses through their television screens. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) stood beside DPR Speaker Agung Laksono. Behind them the president's assistants were lined up, including Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal & Security Affairs, Widodo A.S., and Agung Laksono, accompanied by the three DPR deputy speakers. Minister/State Secretary, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, was also there, unsmiling.

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