ALTHOUGH it is not yet sure Sutiyoso will be elected again, he is currently sporting a high-profile appearance. Last Wednesday night he appeared on an SCTV show. Although he tried to be cool, once in a while he traded one-liners with the host Ulfa Dwiyanti.

The Jakarta governor's jovial mood is due to news conveyed to him by Tarmidi Suhardjo. The deputy speaker of Jakarta's legislature from the PDI-P faction said that he had met his party's