THE yellow-colored Panther car arrived at Ahmad Rifai’s house at Mojokrapak village, Tembelang, Jombang, East Java, Thursday afternoon last week. As soon as the passenger alighted, hundreds of people who had been waiting since morning mobbed the passenger, Bibit Samad Rianto, trying to shake his hand.

On that particular day, along with his wife Sugiharti, Bibit, upon returning from paying homage to his parents’ grave in Kediri, made a point