You won't find any members of the Maluku Provincial House of Representatives (DPRD) at the legislature or in their offices in Ambon. Last week they all went together—at least 40 people—to Jakarta. It was no picnic. They came to the Ministry of Home Affairs office to meet the minister, Hari Sabarno.

The purpose was to forward the result of the local DPRD plenary session rejecting any delay in the Maluku provincial gubernatorial e