The Right to Inquiry Wins Out
The DPR claims its right to inquiry to look into the government’s fuel price hike policy. Three factions changed their minds at the last minute and demonstrators’ pressure made the Senayan politicians nervous.
July 1, 2008
"THE highways are already closed, police are already using water cannons, the parliament’s fences have been demolished. Make up your mind immediately. The people are waiting,” yelled Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, pounding on his desk. This Chairman of the Democracy-Pioneer Star faction in parliament was upset, annoyed at the Golkar and Democrat Factions’ constant rejection of the proposals made by the inquiry-supporting camps.
Through the windows
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