Excuse me Sir, who are you?

JAKARTA (JP): The next four days are guaranteed to confuse those assigned to report the Special Session to the outside world. These intrepid individuals will have a hard time hunting for their usual sources because almost everyone is dressed in identical clothing.

While performing their duties at the MPR session, military personnel have donned their civvies and are looking quite dandy. But if you have to seek any of the men in uniform among 1,000 legislators who have gathered here for the event, it would help if at least some of them stood out.

Hence on Tuesday The Jakarta Post initially did not return an enthusiastic glance advanced by a suit strolling through the foyer of the Assembly building. Upon closer inspection, the man turned out to be none other than Lt. Gen. Djamari Chaniago, Commander of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad).

"Oops, sorry Pak Djamari, I didn't know it was you, you look so different," the Post said.

Perhaps it would help if the dress code allowed for the members of different factions to wear different colored suits. (imn)