Jusuf Kalla:
“I push the buttons so everything will run”

FOR more than two years as the number two man in the country, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has found it difficult to be cool, calm and collected. He speaks animatedly, as he conveys his anger at the slow pace of economic growth. He blames many, from ministers and bureaucrats to bankers, businessmen to high officials at Bank Indonesia.

He should know. Kalla, 65, regularly attends and even leads meetings at different departments, state-owned enterpr

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