Two weeks after Indonesians went to the polls on April 17, President Joko Widodo received a special guest at Istana Merdeka.

On May 2, while the country was still on tenterhooks awaiting the official election results, Mr Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono was seen at the presidential palace. Mr Agus is the son of former president and Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, but as the party's leader-in-waiting, his meeting with Mr Joko immediately set tongues wagging.