STANDING gloriously on Jalan Khatib Sulaiman, Padang, the building with the buffalo horn-style roof looked deserted. Only several members of the West Sumatra Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD) were present that Wednesday morning last week. They, too, slipped away one by one from their offices by midday.

Was there a recess? Not at all. The West Sumatra DPRD people's representatives probably still felt downhearted because of the convic