THE sound of tinkering seemed to echo in the halls of the Constitutional Court after a May 20 ruling on the Palembang mayoral election. The decision overturned the results of the April 7 election as determined by the Regional Election Commission. A panel of judges led by Akil Mochtar delivered victory to the Romi Herton-Hernojoyo ticket, previously shown to have lost the vote.

Romi and Hernojoyo received four extra votes that day, changing their t