LAST Friday the general elections bill was passed in a plenary session. Protests immediately followed. "I will make an appeal to test the law," said Crescent Star Party Chairman Yusril Ihza Mahendra. Presidential candidates must be proposed prior to legislative elections, said Yusril, which is why the presidential threshold should not exist.

Boycotts complicated the legislation process. Four factions, Gerindra Party, Democrat Party, National Mandat