'Functional' Rivalry
Surya Paloh's statements have offended Golkar politicians close to Akbar Tandjung. Is this rivalry among the convention contenders?
March 30, 2004
SURYA Paloh's baritone voice thundered as he repeatedly wooed voters calling for the removal of corruptors from the ranks of his party. Thousands of Golkar supporters who had assembled in a field in Entrop, Kelapa Dua, Jayapura, Papua, last Tuesday seemed to be mesmerized by Surya's rhetoric. "If there are one hundred or one thousand corrupt people in Golkar who continue to practice KKN (corruption, collusion and nepotism) then we together
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