Why Did Gus Dur Back Down?

President Abdurrahman Wahid has finally given in and is prepared to install 45 members of KPKPN. Why not go back and start all over again?

October 16, 2000

When it comes to foreign trips, President Abdurrahman Wahid is perhaps stubborn. He has ignored lots of advice to put an end to the wasteful travel as the domestic crisis is not yet over. However, in maintaining his stance to install only 25 members of the Audit Commission on the Wealth of Government Officials (KPKPN), Gus Dur (as he is fondly known) turns out to have readily given in. It’s rather strange, while in fact consenting to the Ho

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