THE late afternoon rain cooled the large building in the area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. The rainwater had formed puddles on several parts of the road. Cars were lined up in rows in the parking area. But the freshness outside apparently has not found its way inside. There, in the home of the chair of the PDI-P faction within the legislative assembly, Arifin Panigoro, a number of "bull" politicians had gathered last Friday night.

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