ON October 28, two days after Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) officially went on campaign leave, Mohamad Taufik phoned the acting governor appointed by the home affairs minister: Sumarsono. Taufik, vice speaker of the Jakarta Legislative Council, had a list of agenda items that he was not able to discuss with Ahok.

One of them was the tender auction of 13 projects Ahok had actively attempted to speed up. Taufik requested Sumarsonot