THE four Golkar Party leaders emerged from the room with happy faces. The four were the Golkar Chair for Gorontalo province, Fadel Muhammad, and banyan tree—as the Golkar Party is known—politicians Yuddy Chrisnandi, Anton Lesiangi and Zainal Bintang.

As of last Monday night, after the four met with Golkar General Chairperson Jusuf Kalla at the Vice President’s official residence on Jalan Diponegoro 2 in the Menteng area of Central Jakarta,