SPEAKING to several core officials, the United Development Party [PPP] Chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy told a fable to illustrate the political situation in the lead up to the second round of Jakarta's gubernatorial election. At the time, in early March, the PPP was yet to decide which candidate to back after Agus Yudhoyono, whom they supported, was eliminated in the first round.

One day, said Romahurmuziy, a crocodile greeted a water buffalo, a g