Indonesia’s Grand Dame Megawati Asserts her Clout
Dismissed by some as being far past her political sell-by date, Megawati Sukarnoputri, the 72-year-old former president and Grand Dame of Indonesian politics, stepped forward last weekend during her party’s annual conclave in Bali as a power broker and bulwark against rising Islamic fundamentalism.
She gathered failed presidential candidate Prabowo Subia…
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