Bravery in Renegotiation

IN visits to various election areas in Jakarta, my heart is often broken. It really hurts to see my fellow countrymen living in shacks worse than modern chicken coops. I can’t help but be deeply moved upon seeing an old woman with her back hunched, standing in line for staple foods at a foundation’s social event. I remember how in the 1970s I, as a child, also stoo