The road to membership of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) is not smooth. Bambang Warih Koesoemo, a Golkar figure recalled from the House of Representatives (DPR), for instance, registered as a Jakarta candidate for DPD membership. As of the beginning of last week he had only gathered 1,400 supporters, while at least 3,000 were required for Jakarta. He admitted that tens of millions of rupiah had been spent on canvassing supp