THE housekeeper at Jl. Flamboyan, Cijantung II, in the Kopassus (Army Special Forces) housing complex, East Jakarta, was overjoyed. She opened the gate and welcomed Anas Urbaningrum, who only three days earlier was elected as the Democrat Party’s new General Chairman.

On Wednesday morning last week, the housekeeper hurriedly escorted Anas to meet the host, Madam Sunarti Sri Hadiyah, the wife of the late Lt. Gen. Sarwo Edhie Wibowo—former Com