A TEXT message was in the cellphone of National Mandate Party (PAN) General Chairman Soetrisno Bachir. The sender was the Chairman of PAN’s Advisory Board, Amien Rais. “I will be returning to Jakarta. Wait for me at Pondok Indah,” read the message. On Monday morning last week at around 9am, Amien arrived at Pondok Indah—Soetrisno’s house in South Jakarta. The two then chatted for around half an hour.

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