AN impromptu meeting was held at the office of the Joint Secretariat of Coalition Parties at Jalan Diponegoro 43, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday night last week. Although Aburizal Bakrie, the Executive Chairman of the Joint Secretariat who is also Golkar Party Chairman, was not present, a number of senior figures from political parties supportive of the current administration were there for the meeting.

Initially, four items to be deliberated had b