IT is pretty hard to hide an anxious face. Though he gave frequent smiles to everyone attending the executive meeting of the Golkar Party on Wednesday evening last week, Gen. (ret) Wiranto still looked uneasy.

Wiranto was racing against time. The deadline for the registration of the presidential candidates was nearing, while the Golkar presidential nominee had not found his running mate yet. In fact, as a victorious party, Golkar should ha