Waiting games

Like a champion boxer on the ropes, Akbar Tandjung must now face three strong challengers. Even though Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung has been convicted of corruption, a huge number of requirements await any potential chairman of the 38-year-old political party originally established by Suharto. The most serious is that a candidate must have the support of 20 regional board leaders in order to remove Akbar. With those 20 regional votes—out

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