Firing Spree Towards Presidential Runoff

The split in Golkar had led to the dismissal of some of the party’s executive board members. This could place Akbar in a difficult position if SBY and Kalla win the elections.

September 21, 2004

At daybreak on Wednesday last week, the gavel struck the table and the meeting formally ended but its repercussion has remained until today. Marzuki Darusman, one of the chairmen of the Golkar Party who was dismissed along with 14 other people, said the meeting had changed the history of the party. Golkar is now split. In fact, for 30 years of its existence, differences of opinion in Golkar have always been a common practice. “Only this tim

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