Eight Years of Non-Agreement
The government insists that the governor of Yogyakarta be elected. The issue is colored by a personal conflict between the sultan and the president.
December 22, 2010
DELIBERATIONS on the Bill on Yogyakarta Special Status have been going on for eight years. This ‘classic debate’ always comes up against the same problem: the position of Sultan Hamengku Buwono and Paku Alam in the provincial government.
The first draft of the bill was made in 2002 under the administration of President Megawati Soekarnoputri. After being discussed for months by member of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 1999-2004 t
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