Contacts: In Washington: Melissa Fossberg (202) 458-4145 mfossberg@worldbank.org In Jakarta: Prabha Chandran62-21-5299-3000 pchandran@worldbank.org JAKARTA, April 11 - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz began the second day of his visit to Jakarta by making an early morning visit to the grave site of Indonesia’s revered Islamic scholar, Nurcholish Madjid, affectionately called Cak Nur. Accompanied by his widow, Omi Madjid and their son Ahmad Mikhail Madjid, Wolfowitz led a delegation of senior World Bank officials to the grave site, where he laid a wreath and stood solemnly for a while besides the family. Later, paying homage to a man who was regarded by many as the conscience of Indonesia during his life time, Wolfowitz said: “He was a great man, a great leader and not just for Indonesia because he spoke to all human beings. He wrote about the relationship between religion, democracy and liberty. It was such a wonderful view of God and man.” Referring to the Tempo 30 anniversary dinner this evening where he will be making a keynote address on governance, Wolfowitz said: “I’m going to be giving a speech tonight and one of the subjects is corruption and the need for good governance. I am going to recall the ten principles he (Cak Nur) talked about back in 1998. So I think he was a wonderful human being and we should have had 20 more years of him.”
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