SINCE two weeks ago, Novotel Hotel on the fringe of Bogor, West Java, has become an arena of political talks. Seventeen members of the General Elections Bill formulating team have moved their office there. “We meet every day until almost midnight,” said Agus Purnomo, a member of the Justice & Prosperity Party (PKS) faction.

It is natural for the members of the House of Representatives (DPR) to work extra hard. When the Special Committee on t