THE atmosphere at the lobby for a standardized principle for political parties last Wednesday was almost desolate. The guest room, conjured into a lobbying space, next to the meeting room for the Special Committee of the Political Party Bill on the third floor of the Nusantara II Building, House of Representatives (DPR), seemed deserted.

“Only a few people were present from the proposing side,” said Ganjar Pranowo, head of the special comm