It began with the resignation of the head of the party faction in the supreme People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Sophan Sophiaan. On January 24 he stepped down from his legislative post. Now it is the turn of Professor Dimyati Hartono to walk off into the sunset.

Storm clouds hang threateningly over Indonesia's political parties. Over the past few months, one by one the greatest forces in Indonesian politics have split. The disease has h