Playing the Pied Piper
HOTSHOTS
VOTES 2004
General Wiranto wants to be president, nothing less. He is working the ground hard to launch an assault for the country's
Author: Derwin Pereira
To be or not to be?
HOTSHOTS
VOTES 2004
Surveys have shown security czar Bambang Yudhoyono as one of the leading contenders for the presidency. But he is caught between
The ultimate survivor
ASIAN AGENDA: ELECTION FEVER IN INDONESIA
It is election year in Indonesia. There will be legislative polls in April, a presidential election in
Akbar set to tighten his grip on Golkar
With corruption charges out of the way, he is almost certain to get full support from party heavyweights.
In the end, it was
Democracy is fine, but where are the ballot boxes?
Companies given tenders to produce the boxes fall short of the target number as date for parliamentary elections looms.
A storm is brewing
Politics behind anti-graft drive
Winning votes is the motive for going after three ex-civil servants while bigger culprits are said to get away scot-free.
A witch-hunt is
Loosely-united Islamic parties pose weak threat
No party is willing to rally around a single political figure.
Islamic parties in Indonesia are facing a crisis of leadership.
Torn apart by
Mega Challenges
VOTES 2004 INDONESIA
Off to the races.
MORE than 40 elections will be held around the world this year, with about a dozen in
Turbulence ahead in election year
Poll-driven political instability will compound Indonesia's economic, separatist and terrorist problems.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2004
It is now election year in
Year of living dangerously
FOREIGN
1. TERRORIST BOMBINGS
The man who was about to blow himself up was getting nervous. Waiting by the roundabout leading to the lobby
Jakarta on alert for bloody Christmas
Investigations reveal that JI is preparing for a series of bomb attacks in Jakarta, with churches as potential targets.
The countdown to Christmas
Thugs! – Why Mega is attacking her party members
NEWS ANALYSIS
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is suffering from a bout of the jitters with elections around the corner.
Delivering a broadside this week