Cabinet secretary Marsilam Simanjuntak hails from the Democracy Forum, a loose network of pro-democracy thinkers Wahid co-founded in 1991.

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And, in an interview with BBC News Online, he signalled he would weaken the unofficial alliance with the government, saying he would support moves to co-operate with pro-European Tories.

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