Bouquets by the Wayside

Names of “ministerial candidates” vanished overnight. Some failed the endurance test that would have them bear spartan work loads.

October 27, 2009

Flower wreaths decorated the front doors of the house of Nila Juwita Anfasa Moeloek, 60, at the Micasa Complex in Mega Kuningan in South Jakarta last Wednesday. The congratulatory messages came in after Nila Moeloek was summoned for an interview at the private residence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Puri Cikeas, Bogor, last week. Sources slated her as a candidate for Health Minister.

However, around one hour before the announcement of

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