All Part of the President's Plan—They Say

Below are the comments of Defense Minister Mahfud Md., who escaped dismissal, and of his three dismissed colleagues. "President Abdurrahman Wahid was only testing our nerves, to see whether we would really panic or not."

Minister of Defense
Mohammad Mahfud Md.

I don't know much about what was behind the cabinet reshuffle. All I know is about the executive order that is the result of political documents which were made suddenly and not based o

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