Deputy Minister for Justice Denny Indrayana had cleared his work schedule for the day on Tuesday last week. Instead, he sat around in his office, waiting for news from the Constitutional Court, which was expected to rule on the constitutionality of the deputy ministers' position. "I was prepared to pack up and leave," Denny told Tempo last Tuesday.

Minutes after the Constitutional Court announced its ruling, Denny's mobile phone rang incessantly. He