The Ones Who Mutter ...

Who has the ear of President Megawati Sukarnoputri? Theo Syafei is not the only one by any means. In the internal ranks of her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) there are a number of others who are allowed to give advice to the chairwoman.

If it is about the economy, Mega generally chooses senior economist Frans Seda, now 75. A graduate of the Katholieke Economische Hogeschool in Tilburg, Holland, he served as trade minister

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