Man: Harmony is damaging, disagreements are damaging (a play on a Javanese proverb about family quarrels). Flag reads ‘Joint Secretariat’, sign reads ‘Fuel’.

Tensions within the government’s fractious ruling coalition similar to those that erupted over last month’s fuel price hike are set to intensify in the lead up to the 2014 elections as the coalition’s larger partners – the Justice & Prosperity Party (left) and the Golkar Party (second right) – see more political gain in going their own way.