APPLAUSE and shouts of joy resounded through the West Java Legislative Council (DPRD) plenary meeting room on May 22, as members from the Golkar Party and the United Development Party (PPP) received the news that their candidates, Danny Setiawan and Nu'man Abdul Hakim, had been elected Governor and Deputy Governor of West Java, respectively. Setiawan and Abdul Hakim defeated  Tayo Tarmadi and Rudi Harsa Tanaya, from the Indonesian D