As Good as they Get?

Both newly appointed, the attorney general and the justice minister must beware presidential intervention say those polled in our survey.

June 12, 2001

A writer once called President Abdurrahman Wahid’s cabinet the “halfmonth cabinet.” The reason being that in less than two years in power, he has reshuffled his cabinet many times. Most recently, he fired minister of finance Prijadi Praptosuhardjo and coordinating minister for the economy Rizal Ramli. Prior to that, he appointed Baharuddin Lopa as attorney general (replacing Marzuki Darusman) and Marsillam Simandjuntak as minist

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