THE two men met at a batik exhibition at the Jakarta Convention Center in April last year. Irman Gusman, Deputy Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) offered a batik shirt as a gift to Ganjar Pranowo, of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). The latter declined the offer.

Irman did not give up. He told Tempo on Thursday last week that he would again offer the gift to Ganjar. “After the completion of the current d