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The Cronies Return.(banking and Indonesia's economic challenges)

Newsweek International

| February 03, 2003 | Cochrane, Joe; Larmer, Brook; Janssen, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Protesters bring back powerful memories for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Her father, former president Sukarno, was pushed out in 1966, in part by angry mobs. The man who engineered his downfall, Suharto, was forced to step down in 1998 by massive protests over price hikes and rampant corruption. So over the past three weeks, as crowds of students and laborers railed at, yes, price hikes and corruption, Megawati panicked. Her dilemma: either reduce prices and deal a blow to the country's economic reforms or leave them in place and risk larger, potentially destabilizing demonstrations. At first, Megawati stood fast, telling Indonesians--half of whom live on ...

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