A Martial Check on Indonesian Civil Servants
In 1983, the government promulgated Regulation No. 10 to discourage polygamy within the civil service. Seventeen years on, it has yet to be proven effective. A re-evaluation of what has become known as PP 10 has been called for—at a time reports are circulating of an alleged affair between President Abdurrahman Wahid and a woman named Aryanti.
November 13, 2000
Written by Bina Bektiati. Reporters: Arif A., Kuswardono, Adi Prasetya, Rommy Fibri, Edy Buadiaso, Andari Karina Anom, Purwani Prabandari (Jakarta), L.N. Idayanie (Yogyakarta) and Verrianto Madjowa (Makassar).
Indonesian women remember April 21 not just as the birthday of Raden Ajeng Kartini, the women’s emancipation fighter, but also as the day the government announced a ruling aimed at discouraging polygamy. On April 21, 1983, then
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