The president is supreme

VICE President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla is in the eye of the storm, one year into the SBY-JK government. Critics see him as a super-VP who often bypasses the presidents authority. He made waves when he took over the administration of the Aceh disaster, initiated the peace negotiations with the Free Aceh Movement and became head of the Golkar Party.

He is often impatient, always ready to gotraits that are contrary to those of President Susilo Bambang Y

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