One Decisive Vote
Rosihan was the favorite in the South Sumatra gubernatorial elections, but lost. Reprisals are likely to be made.
August 12, 2003
AT noon last Monday a wave of grief swept through the lobby of the Swarna Dwipa Hotel, Palembang, which houses offices of the PDI-P (Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle) faction in the South Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). Hysterical weeping filled the room. The faction had backed Rosihan Arsyad's candidacy for the post of South Sumatra governor, but now its members shed tears of defeat. Elianuddin, chairman of the PDI-P
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