Payoff
SETYA knows when he needs to serve the powerful, when to lobby, to make friends, to appease his political foes or to share his gain with others. He is a prototype of today's politicians, when politics means a way of getting to the top, not a way to serve the people.
Setya, 59, left his hometown of Bandung to become a businessman but eventually ended up in politics. He is said to own no fewer than 14 companiesfrom real estate to cafeterias. In 2009, his recorded financial assets totaled Rp73.79 billion and US$17,781more than double the figure for the previous year.
November 4, 2014
SETYA knows when he needs to serve the powerful, when to lobby, to make friends, to appease his political foes or to share his gain with others. He is a prototype of today's politicians, when politics means a way of getting to the top, not a way to serve the people.
Setya, 59, left his hometown of Bandung to become a businessman but eventually ended up in politics. He is said to own no fewer than 14 companiesfrom real estate to cafeterias. In 2009,
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