Convention: Strategy or Hostage?

Golkar will name its presidential nominee after the legislature elections. If Akbar Tandjung wins his case at the Supreme Court, he will be Golkar's strongest presidential candidate.

December 30, 2003

RAISING his fist, Akbar Tandjung shouted: "Long live Golkar… long live Golkar." A second later, thousands of Golkar sympathizers from Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi responded in a louder voice: "Let's seize it again, buddy!" Mid last month, Bung Karno Sports Hall building in Bogor was drowned in a triumphant spirit. The post-fasting gathering turned into a spirit-rousing event in which a resolve was made to win

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