Outpointed in Round One

The outcome of the recent Golkar leadership meeting has put Akbar Tandjung in a difficult position.

May 6, 2003

The moment they came to reading "Come on Brother, let's win back ….", they shouted very loudly this part of Halo-Halo Bandung (Hello to Bandung), pointing their right fists straight upwards. In the ballroom of Hotel Indonesia, Jakarta, on Friday last week, hundreds of high-ranking officials of the Golkar Party looked set to recall their past `glories': winning the general elections six consecutive times between 1971 and 1997. The leadership

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