At a glance, the particular flower arrangement did not look special. The shape and variety of its flowers did not stand out among the many flower baskets inside President Megawati’s residence at Jalan Teuku Umar. Last Thursday, Mega turned 56 years old. What was special about those particular flowers was its sender: TNI General (ret) Wiranto.

The basket of flowers seemed to give an impression of something different in the relations between t