Resigned to Act
In the end, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono resigned from the cabinet. Will this make the anti-Megawati forces more consolidated?
March 16, 2004
SILENCE fell in the official residence of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Jalan Widya Chandra V/2, Jakarta, last Thursday. The clock showed 11am. A number of the coordinating minister's friends heaved a heavy sigh. "When will it [the resignation] be announced, Pak?" asked Usamah Hisyam, a former member of the vice-presidential staff and head of Demokrat magazine, a media known to be close to Yudhoyono. SBY (Yudhoyono's nickname) didn't ans
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