A Thousand Promises

Presidential candidates have offered high-sounding programs, which can boomerang on themselves.

September 14, 2004

It was a short speech, very brief. It took only several minutes, but it was enough to make the location of PT Polyfin Canggih’s textile plant in Rancaekek, Bandung regency, rocked by a rumbling applause. “If I’m elected, I will strive for the promotion of labor welfare,” said presidential aspirant Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) on September 2. Hundreds of workers of the textile factory were all smiles. “This is the p

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