SYARIFUDDIN Hasan continued to smile. The Democrat Party politician displayed none of his concern after the Joint Secretariat of the government coalition had failed to reach agreement on the proposed House of Representatives (DPR) inquiry into the tax mafia. A three-hour meeting Wednesday, two weeks ago, had just ended.

The plenary session of the DPR the following week was to take the decision on the inquiry. During the meeting, the Golkar and J