THE Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko shook his head. It has been more than five months since he sent letters to several ministries and government agencies. No replies have come back. One of the letters was sent to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif. "It has been quite a while," the former commander of the Indonesian Military told Tempo on December 21.

In a letter sent on July 17, 2023, Moeldoko—as chair of the In