Debt Forever

Like an acrobat walking a tightrope, the government must find a balance between the price of fuel and foreign debts. This year loans will only be reduced, not eliminated.

January 21, 2003

Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dorodjatun KuntjoroJakti, is stressing over the daily street demonstrations against the government’s decision to increase the costs of oil based fuel (BBM), electricity (TDL), and telecommunications. Hundreds of housewives and career women have also joined the fray, staging protest rallies of their own. Such social unrest is not to be disregarded, which is why Dorodjatun convened a meeting attended by

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