Becoming a minister is not like getting into university. It is not enough just to register, take the exam and then wait to hear the result. You need to pay visits to influential people and lobby incessantly. That way you might just make it into Madam President's team.

It is the season of whispers. A mere party nomination is no guarantee that a would-be minister will make it into President Megawati Sukarnoputri's team. You need to get her ear.