IT was June 2004, a week before the election of Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI). That afternoon, the meeting room of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction was filled with members of the House of Representative’s (DPR) Finance Commission. Tjahjo Kumolo, faction chairman, sat at the head of the table. Next to him sat Panda Nababan, faction deputy chairman. Eighteen other members were seated to the left and righ