THE last day of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) election campaign five years ago is still fresh in the memory of 66-year-old Anton Lesiangi. At the time, the Oepoi Square in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, was teeming with around 40,000 people. All of them, said the Golkar Party politician, were there to welcome Yudhoyono as the most fitting person to become president.

Yudhoyono held up the two thumbs of his hand. A person among the campaign part