Having spent most of the year squabbling with each other, blaming everyone but themselves for their own incompetence or fending off an endless series of corruption scandals, President Yudhoyono's ruling coalition appears to have lost any sense of direction and leadership. Things are unlikely to improve much in 2013 as the political elite abandon any pretence of trying to run the country as they begin maneuvering in earnest for the 2014 elections.
Kompas - December 26, 2012