the day after the eighth

1. After what happened yesterday, it means that Mega has lost three times in presidential elections: ‘99 (at the People’s Consultative Assembly meeting), ‘04, ‘09. Admittedly, what happened in 1999 was cruel to her, when Amien Rais and his Poros Tengah somehow could propel Gus Dur to become the president, since she and the PDIP was the winner of ‘99 election. In some way, she was vindicated when the same Assembly brought Gus Dur down in 2001. Indeed, it was pretty fascinating how she kept nominating herself as a presidential candidate. If in 1963 the People’s Consultative Assembly declared his father to be President for Life, perhaps she could be said as a Presidential Candidate for Life. I will be very, very happy to be proven wrong in 2014. (i.e., that she won’t seek another candidacy)