IT has not been 100 days since Patrialis Akbar, 51, was appointed Justice & Human Rights Minister, yet he is beset by problems. He is reported to have asked the suspended leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, to resign from their posts. The request was a ‘condition’ for the case not to be forwarded to the courts.

This information immediately triggered speculation that the governme