MAHFUD MD.:
The claims would be difficult to prove

ASSORTED cakes lay on the table for guests at the home of Mahfud Md at Sambilegi, a district of Yogyakarata, during Lebaran week. The host, looking relaxed and clad in the traditional Muslim attire befitting the festivities, entered the living room and sat down on a sofa.

That evening, the former Constitutional Court chief justice and recently the campaign manager of the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa ticket, had just returned from paying his respects to Herry Zudianto, a fellow Gerindra campaign manager for Yogyakarta. At the home of Herry, a former Yogyakarta mayor, Mahfud was greeted by the crew of TV One, who proceeded to conduct an interview over the ongoing dispute on the results of the recently completed presidential election.