The seat of Kolaka's Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) chairman in Southeast Sulawesi, occupied for the past three years by Muhammad Jafar, has become a warmer one. On Thursday, 1 March 2002, the Kendari District Administrative Court ordered Jafar and 12 Kolaka DPRD members to resign from their posts. A Supreme Court (MA) verdict ruled the posting of Jafar and his 12 colleagues was invalid.

Why would Jafar, representing Golkar, and his