Onward, Cak Nur!

The path to Golkar's nomination of Nurcholish Madjid may not be smooth, but it signals well for democracy in Indonesia.

July 8, 2003

NURCHOLISH Madjid, or Cak Nur as he is popularly known, has officially announced he will be a contender at the Golkar Party convention to choose a presidential candidate. Many agree Cak Nur should be a presidential candidate, but others are less than happy that he will be nominated by Golkar. There is a real contradiction here. Cak Nur will attract support because he is an intellectual with morals who is free of old political sins. Meanwhile

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