THE chairs were arranged in a square design in the living room of Misrawati, a resident of Karya Indah village, Asparaga subdistrict, Gorontalo regency. In the middle was a large table. This was not a party or a family feast.

For two days Misrawati’s home was transformed into an office of the Gorontalo Regional Houese of Representatives (DPRD). In the mobile government activities, people’s homes become temporary offices of some government ag