THE light-yellow soft sofa in the VVIP room of Borobudur Hotel, Central Jakarta, was no longer comfortable to Valina Singka. She had this feeling not because she felt awkward sitting close to President Megawati, the presidential aspirant from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) but because Singka, a member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) was doing her best to control her panic.

It was 7:50pm by her watch, but the t