Why Mega Stayed Away
President Yudhoyono did his best to appease the Megawati camp in the weeks before his inauguration—to no avail.
October 26, 2004
THE morning of the inauguration, Dr Ribka Tjiptaning Proletariyati left as usual for her clinic at Ciledug, Tangerang, where she holds a practice as a physician. It was only a short walk, and when she arrived she found two patients already waiting for her. Tjiptaning, 46, elected to attend to them instead of being present at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building to watch the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vi
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