Word: laksamana
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...contrast, when Megawati took over as President in 2001 after the impeachment of her predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid, the economy was on the verge of another debt crisis. "We had to rebuild the economy, not from scratch but from ruin," says Laksamana Sukardi, Megawati's minister for state enterprises. "We can't really please everyone in two years." But, he adds, much has been achieved: "I guarantee that there will never be a crisis like 1997 again...
...Even Megawati's minister Laksamana admits the administration has suffered from its inability to communicate with voters. "Our policy is not wrong," he says. "What's lacking is how we convince people." But Megawati is a notoriously reticent public speaker, which often makes her seem imperious and detached. Adding to this perception, she skipped a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Bali bombings, sending Yudhoyono instead; and two years ago, her administration appeared helpless in the face of Malaysia's expulsion of 20,000 Indonesian migrant workers who were crammed into refugee camps...
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