The inauguration of Megawati (PDIP) as president and Hamzah Haz (PPP) as vice-president marked the end of Wahid’s presidency, which had lasted less than two years. Several hours before the inauguration, Sofjan Jacoeb, the Jakarta Metro Kapolda, asked for confirmation of the re-establishment of Bimantoro as the Polri chief. According to Sofjan Jacoeb, this would be part of the reorganization of the Polri and would reduce conflicts caused by President Wahid’s political interference. Soon after that, the command of the Polri was retransferred to Bimantoro. Although Megawati stressed that the fate of Chaeruddin would be decided later, her true meaning, as interpreted by Bimantoro, was that he should resolve the problem by himself.1 Bimantoro then translated this into taking an informal approach to Chaeruddin’s situation, with the hope that Chaeruddin would resign his post and end his political adventures of the last six months.2 After consultation and approval from Megawati, Chaeruddin was finally relieved of his position based on Presidential Decree No. 60/2001 and Bimantoro was officially reactivated as chief of the Polri.3 As he would be retiring in three or four months, a replacement had to be selected using acceptable procedures. The Polri’s Wanjakti proposed five possible names: Chaeruddin Ismail, Ahwil Luthan, Sjahroedin Pagar Alam, Sofjan Jacoeb and Yun Mulyana.4