Tension was thick at the residence of Prabowo Subianto in Jalan Kertanegara, South Jakarta, on Thursday last week. That night, a group of ulama (Islamic scholars) belonging to the National Movement to Safeguard the Ulama Fatwa (GNPF) had requested for time to meet. "We wanted to give a recommendation for two new vice-presidential candidates," GNPF chair Muhammad Yusuf Martak told Tempo on Friday last week.

Yusuf began by explaining that the "Ulama