Tow the Line

Indonesia's largest political party is in knots. Its leadership is engrossed in a bitter internal feud which could threaten its chances at the next general election.

March 13, 2001

It is the juggernaut of Indonesian politics, the party which won most votes in 1999's historic election. It holds enough legislative seats to swing most votes. But it could not get its leader elected president and now the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is at war with itself.

The euphoria of 1999 is long gone. The main thing uniting PDI-P now is the towering figure of Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the party chair and self-

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