MARZUKI Alie did not quickly take advantage of the time allotted to him to give the opening speech. The former Secretary-General of the Democrat Party first took the roll call of the participants at a political discourse titled “The Democrat Party of the Future” held last Monday in the Krakatau Hall, Mercure Hotel Ancol, Jakarta.

As an icebreaker, Marzuki invited provincial leaders and heads of the party’s regional chapters across the coun