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An Indonesian Throwback?

An Indonesian Throwback?

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Jan 28, 2012
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Each time Ganjar Pranowo returns home to Purworejo in Central Java, his school-teacher mother pinches his cheek and reminds him sternly: “Don’t be like Nazaruddin.” This is a warning that the 43-year-old legislator from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) takes seriously.

As he told me recently, “There are only two things in life I’m afra…

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