Finish in Sight

The battle for governor and deputy governor of East Java is raging fiercely. The votes of provincial legislators from the TNI-Police Faction are likely to be the determining factor.

July 15, 2003

ABDURRAHMAN Wahid has been forced to swallow his words, and a little bit of pride. Last Week the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Awakening Party (PKB) met with the General Chairman of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Jakarta. This meeting occurred even though Abdurrahman Wahid, also affectionately known as Gus Dur, previously declared that he loathed the idea of seeing the leader of the party that w

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