Nobody imagined this country would turn into a foolish state when Abdurrahman Wahid was elected president. That day has now come, when national leaders are bickering and, through their respective powers, turning their opponents into suspects.

The first victim, and one already in the process of a court trial, is the governor of Bank Indonesia, Syahril Sabirin. He defied dismissal, rejected an offer to become an ambassador and persisted in mainta