A Turbulent Touchdown for the Presidential Plane

Hopefully President Wahid has begun calculating the huge cost of his overseas trips.

July 3, 2001

The air force airplane that carried President Wahid and his entourage to Australia was forced to make an emergency landing in Darwin. Looked at superstitiously, this could be seen as an omen for the president and this nation, especially as the plenary session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) approaches. On the other hand opposition to this special session may still surface in the form of a presidential decree disbanding the People's Hous...

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