OVER the last five months, several retired military officers have intensively discussed the dynamics of the upcoming presidential election. They held the discussions in different venues. Sometimes, they met at a house located at Jalan Garut, Menteng, Central Jakarta. Other times, the gathered at a house at Jalan Malabar, another part of Menteng. The initiator of the meetings were retired soldiers who are close with Coordinating Minister for Marit