Falling Short

President Abdurrahman Wahid has re-ordered his ministerial cabinet. This is a concrete step, but simply not enough.

June 5, 2001

AFTER the plenary session of the House of Representatives, the DPR, gave the go-ahead for the People's Consultative Assembly, the MPR, to hold a Special Session of the legislature, President Abdurrahman Wahid responded by shuffling six positions in his cabinet. The Coordinating Minister for Political, Social & Security Affairs, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom the president had given authority to find a political solution only four days ago, has

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