THE first 100 days have long passed. On October 20 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will have led the country for two years. However, many polls and surveys measuring the performance of the government have appeared, just like they did after his first 100 days in office.

There is nothing strange about this zealousness. This tradition to invite the public to measure the performance of the government was actually started by SBY himself. He is