When United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhamad Mardiono declared that his camp had achieved islah—reconciliation—with rival Agus Suparmanto, he wrapped it in the language of virtue: “facilitated by good people.” But the islah was neither organic nor moral. It was engineered—an administrative peace designed to neutralize dissent and restore order within a party long reduced to political ornamentation. To subscribe please click here
