THE 70 or so people arrived in three Metromini buses wearing green vests with the words “The PKB is one with, works with and shares with the people”. Arriving in Kalibata, East Jakarta on Friday last week, they immediately spilled into the meeting room.

PKB Executive Board Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar was already waiting. Speaking before his gathered supporters, he said, “I will not retreat a single step.” Muhaimin insisted that he still h