He tried to close down every possible door to his date with fate, the special legislative session that could remove him from office. More than 10,000 supporters came down from East Java and sat there as if waiting to assault the House of Representatives (DPR), that den of vipers known as his political opponents. Within the building, his National Awakening Party (PKB) did its best to defend the president with arguments, but to no avail. In the end