Fighting to Board the Cikeas Boat

Prospective ministers must undergo an assortment of tests. But even those who have been summoned may not necessarily be picked.

October 20, 2009

THEO Sambuaga listened keenly to Aburizal Bakrie as he whispered intently in his ear. Now and then Aburizal’s hand patted his close friend’s back. On Thursday evening two weeks ago the two senior Golkar Party officials chatted for around five minutes at the Bravo Media Center gates, the headquarters of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President-elect Boediono’s public relations team on Jalan Teuku Umar 51, Central Jakarta.

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