The Lady's Not For Turning

Tuesday, June 5, 2001

President Abdurrahman Wahid may have replaced six ministers, but the juggernaut of Indonesian politics still wants him out. That is the way of the constitution.

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Can he persuade her to change her mind? They may not be the bosom buddies of the past, but politics is politics. President Abdurrahman Wahid's cabinet reshuffle last Friday looks like a bid to regain the support of Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri. She still leads the largest party in both the House of Representatives (DPR) and the supreme People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). Winner of the 1999 general election, her Indonesian Democratic P...

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