President Abdurrahman Wahid looks increasingly lonely. As he stepped off his plane at Halim Perdanakusumah airport last Tuesday after a trip to Thailand, not a single member of his cabinet was there to greet him. Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri left town. A day earlier, Mega had made it plain that she plans to leave her dear 'Mas Dur' to his fate.

Najamuddin Ramly, youth chairman of the Muslim movement Muhammadiyah, broke the news. He had jus