At the installation of the state secretary last Thursday, President Abdurrahman Wahid hinted sharply that the State Secretariat had become a state within a state and difficult to control. Then he told Maftouh Basuni, the incoming state secretary, to "clean up the kitchen". The president clearly showed his dissatisfaction with Djohan Effendi's performance, who previously held the post.

Hearing the criticism, Djohan didn't turn red in the