The Political Bridge
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Six concrete slabs from the Surabaya-Madura bridge collapsed killing a construction worker, giving an impression of a hasty and political project.
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Three days before the presidential election, Megawati went to Bangkalan, Madura, to officially lay the center section of the Surabaya-Madura bridge, known as the Suramadu bridge. Megawati, who came in her capacity as president, was not campaigning and made no mention of the presidential election in her speech. But it felt very much like a campaign event. The Bangkalan regent, Fuad Amin Imron, explicitly expressed the people's support for the
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