THE inducement was conveyed to Amien Rais by Jusuf Kalla. “If Pak Amien can come to see us off on our departure, of course that would be better,” he said.

It was already late into the night at the Muhammadiyah Building in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Friday two weeks ago. The next day, Kalla and his running mate Wiranto were to register with the General Elections Commission (KPU) as presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Golkar Party