The Waiting Game

Many observers are awaiting the next episode Rizal Ramli's change of position will bring about. It's fair to say he's passed his first test and is free of the grip of the DPR. The government's budget revisions have been accepted by the House, with some changes. The next real test facing Ramli and Burhanuddin Abdullah, the new coordinating minister for the economy, is when they meet the IMF. Since the end of last year, relations between Indonesia an...