SUTIYOSO has gone ahead and announced that hes running for a second term, despite poor performance records over the past five years, as governor of the city of Jakarta. On Thursday last week, he formally registered himself for participation in the election, which will take place mid-September.

Sutiyoso, hesitant at first after his wife advised him against running for a second term, took the plunge after his better halftraumatized by virulent criti