Word: mallarangeng
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...Government officials share his optimism, calling the recent series of grenade attacks "the exception, not the rule," and assert that safety precautions have been taken. "On April 9 you will see the elections carried out freely and fairly like everywhere else in Indonesia," states a confident presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng, who recently made a visit to the province with the President. "Those against the process of peace will be seen as going against all the Acehnese people...
...sending police and soldiers to help clear the area, has acknowledged that more needs to be done to maintain and improve the country's creaky infrastructure. "This shows that we need to monitor all of these reservoirs and make sure they are still retaining their function," says Andi Mallarangeng, a spokesman for Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. After the collapse of Suharto's regime that ruled Indonesia for 32 years, he says, "much infrastructure was neglected and that is why the President has made improving infrastructure one of his top priorities." (See pictures of the dam's collapse...
...thus wields tremendous influence over policy decisions. "She knows that if she gives in on this that Taufik will control everything," says a source close to Megawati. Even Taufik loyalists express concern. "He uses his influence; he wants to make sure Megawati is effective as the President," says Rizal Mallarangeng, an academic who is a close friend of Taufik's. "But whether it's for good or bad depends...
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