The elites are terrified of him, and the potential upheaval of the status quo that the policies of his progressive party represent. Its not just section 112, which is something of a smokescreen. Think, genuine reform of the military and police, eradication of corruption, reducing centralisation and the power of the conservative civil service, educational reform and the breaking up of big business monopolies. The vested interests; who benefit enormously from the current semi-feudal, authoritarian, corrupt system, that are lined up against him are daunting.