Mega Escapes the Bait

The long-awaited reconciliation meeting between Megawati and Gus Dur did not happen.

May 11, 2004

RETNO had been walking back and forth in the office of Yogyakarta Governor, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. The pretty governor's secretary had been looking for the phone number of Abdurrahman Wahid, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Awakening Party (PKB). On finding what she was looking for, she handed over a yellow slip of paper to Kanjeng Sinuhun, his royal highness.

"What? A gold shop! They can't even get me a correct num

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