THE Democrat Party won the legislative elections in April. The party founded by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) gained 20 percent of the votes, almost threefold compared to its vote count five years ago. This party controls 148 out of 560 seats of the House of Representatives, followed by the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.

With such a big asset, the Democrat Party fielded Yudhoyono and running mate Boediono, former