Akbar Tandjung: One Tough Nut to Crack

Both Golkar and the House of Representatives find it hard to remove Akbar Tandjung. Is his lobbying still so strong?

January 28, 2003

Despite the cold weather outside, the atmosphere was increasingly heated in the regular meeting of the executive board of Golkar Party held in the party's headquarters in Slipi, West Jakarta. "If the atmosphere is not heated, it won't be Golkar, especially because this meeting is concerned with Tandjung's fate," said a TEMPO source who also attended the meeting lasting from 8pm on Monday two weeks ago to 2am the next day.

At first, the meeting

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