| | The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today |
 | | For the newly established Freedom Party the figure of controversial former minister of cooperatives Adi Sasono, who is known for his obsession with a populist economy, remains the party's strongest selling point to woo voters in April's general election. |
 | | Adi Sasono, who served as minister of cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises, during President B.J. Habibie's 17-month administration until October 1999, is very firm in his conviction that the country's economy should be based on populist economic policies, to empower the people and enhance democracy. |
 | | He is, in fact very confident that such a people's economy is the sole answer for the democratization of the nation, although it generally receives negative reactions from the capital markets. |
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