THE closed-door cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Jakarta on Tuesday last week was delayed by 30 minutes. Ministers from political, legal and security affairs had been gathering since before 11am—the scheduled time printed on the invitation. But the wall clock had already chimed 11 times and the routine meeting had still not begun. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono, who were to chair the meeting, never t