A HEAVENLY wind came from the palace, but it blew stifling hot air rather than a cool breeze. Ahead of the Golkar Party 7th National Convention last week, such a wind hit the former coordinating security minister Gen. (ret) Wiranto, one of the candidates running in the race. "I was stabbed in the back," Wiranto was quoted by a close aide as saying.

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