The current Year of the Horse spells no favorable political luck for Arifin Panigoro. Relieved from his post as the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) a few months ago, Panigoro now finds himself transferred to a stale, unpopular DPR commission. Early last year, this oil businessman was transferred to Commission VII that oversees health and demographic affairs from