PURI Cikeas Indah, the private residence of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Bogor, has been awash with lights ever since Election Day. Congratulatory messages continued to flood in. Although the General Elections Commission (KPU) was still counting the votes, the quick counts of survey institutes concluded that SBY and Boediono had won in a single round.

Congratulations came from Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. Yudhoyono took the call as h