The news from the Paris Club III meeting on Friday last week stated that Indonesia had managed to obtain 20-year debt rescheduling, with a grace period of eight years for the debts involved, totaling US$5.74 billion. This means there definitely is relief, most of all because the debts do not need to be repaid immediately. However, the actual result itself is not that much better than what was achieved at Paris Club I (1997), which granted th