Driven to Despair
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Minister of Finance Rizal Ramli's forecasts appear to have been close to the mark, although not entirely so. Faced with a 30 percent hike in fuel prices, protesters took to the streets in many areas. However, the public transportation strikes were kept under control and did not degenerate into mass violence. So, the threats to the lawfully established government's existence that had been feared by Rizal failed to materialize.
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