When Muhammadiyah Bears the Brunt

Muhammadiyah's central board is striving hard to rescue Bank Persyarikatan. Amien Rais just wants it to be closed.

December 28, 2004

MOHAMMED Amien Rais and Ahmad Syafii Maarif, who used to be in concord, now pursue divergent paths. The main issue is the position of Muhammadiyah in the affair of Bank Persyarikatan Indonesia. On Thursday last week, Syafii as Central Board Chairman of Muhammadiyah met with Vice President Jusuf Kalla to request government attention to the bank, which was formerly Bank Swansarindo Internasional. At the same time, Amien wrote to the Muhammadiya

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