Uncertainty over a Spanish Soft Loan
Justice & Human Rights Minister, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, cancels a Spanish-funded computer project for the Immigration Directorate. Why?
February 12, 2002
This is an old story with no end in sight. In 1999 the Spanish Government agreed to provide Indonesia with a soft loan to finance an information management system in the Justice & Human Rights Ministry and the Attorney General's Office. The amount of the soft loan totaled US$46 million. Strangely, until last week, the Spanish Government knew very little about the subsequent developments. And after being in the doldrums for a long time, rec
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