TWENTY-five years ago, the Sukarno siblings made an important promise. Back when Suharto's power was just ascending, Guntur, Mega, Rachma, Sukma, Guruh, Bayu and Taufan agreed to sign a document which essentially said that the Sukarno family would stand above all groupings and refrain from going into politics. All that time, Rachmawati was the one to stick to the family agreement.

During the 1987 General Elections, she felt that Mega and