The President should have No Need to visiting overseas while people starve


Special Staff to the President stating the trip by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to foreign countries have clear accountability. However, they claim, the journey that brought the country's mission should not be measured by money.

"We have to see there was one mission that brought the President to a nation," said special staff in International Relations Teuku Faizasyah at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 21st 2010.

Every year, said Faizasyah, regularly President will attend several regional and global forums. For example, the ASEAN Summit, the G20, and APEC. The mission of a visit will also be determined and assessed. "We do not necessarily view the number of people on the final product, but we must prioritize its mission statement," Faizasyah added.

This mission, go Faizasyah, can not be measured in money. Presidential Visits to foreign countries, first of all is to bring the mission of the nation, and it was planned well in advance. Similarly, about a budget that is also planned.

Presidential Spokesperson, Julian Aldrin Pasha, explains the real savings in the many visits of the President. "I am unable to tell the details, but they exist and have done," he asserted.

Today, the Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Pramono Anung mention travel costs for the 2010 parliament and the government has reached Rp1, 9 trillion. Parliament itself Rp109 billion budgeted for this in 2010. While down at appeal in 2009, Pramono Anung urged further savings.


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