THE long wait with no definite decision on raising fuel prices has led to many problems for the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This economic issue, if they know it or not, is daily turning into a political issue. Calculations about the size of the subsidies and compensation for the public have been brushed aside by the issue of why the government is taking so long to make a decision.

A series of problems have emerged as a resu