Politics are probably dead right now on the streets of Jakarta. And this has happened, suddenly or gradually, precisely when on the asphalt there is more and more protest action going on.

How many people in this city are "taking to the streets" to oppose the raise in prices of daily necessities? Say around 10,000. The newspapers cover it, the televisions broadcast it, but on the whole people don't know what's next. It's not that peo