Things changed fast as Abdurrahman Wahid was toppled from the presidency. His National Awakening Party (PKB) has struggled to keep up. Its cadres are worn out from months of trying to stave off the inevitable. Now it is deeply split on what to do next, and on the verge of breaking up.

Former leader Matori Abdul Djalil was suspended for attending the impeachment session of the supreme People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR). Foreign minister