Vying for the Blessing of Ibu Sepuh
It is thought that the support of Yudhoyono’s mother-in-law will prove efficacious to smooth the way for candidates to become party head. Five years ago, Hadi Utomo proved as much.
May 26, 2010
FILLED with apprehension and excitement, thousands of party cadres had been waiting for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to make his speech at the opening of the Second Congress of the Democrat Party, which was held at the Mason Pine Hotel, Bandung, on Friday last week. Each sentence uttered by this Chairman of the Democrat Party Board of Patrons was carefully digested and deciphered. Everyone was hoping for a political signal from SBY about wh
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