AT the end of last August, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Muladi as Governor of the National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas). At the Golkar Party Advisory Council, where he was a member, Muladi was replaced by Ermaya Suradinata, who had been Lemhannas leader for almost five years.

The change in positions was predictable. Muladi had been groomed by SBY to lead the institute. Established by President Sukarno in 1964, Lemhannas was pr