The Palace and the House
September 28, 2004
COALITION is the buzzword these days, as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla are poised to win the presidential election in Indonesia. For political
experts, this is taken to mean that the National Coalition, which on paper has a majority in the House of Representatives, has been eliminated from the palace and will become the opposition. Akbar Tandjung, Golkar Party Chairman and leader of the coalition, prefers this group of his t