THE cooling off period just before the presidential elections failed to bring any tranquility to Constitutional Court Chief Justice, Mohammad Mahfud Md. At his Yogyakarta home, he watched the news on television carry the debate between two presidential candidates: Jusuf Kalla and Megawati Soekarnputri. The two made a big issue of the chaotic situation involving the permanent voters list (DPT).

Exactly four days before the actual polling day, the