BAMBANG Dwi Hartonos cell phone rang late last April. This Mayor of Surabaya answered the call right away. The caller was from Jakarta, not from the Home Affairs Department, but from the PDI-P Central Executive Board. The message of the call was: the City of Surabaya was designated as host for the PDI-Ps National Coordination Meeting concerning Governance and Regional Autonomy on May 6-7.

Bambang was surprised at the short notice. The mayor was gi