"Why don’t you advise Gus Dur to resign!" So remarked a friend of mine with connections to power, especially the faction agitating for the immediate replacement of the president. Enough. Once before, I was implored to urge Gus Dur to step down from the chairmanship of Tanfidziyah (executive council) of Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) central board after its congress at Cipasung. The man who s