Beware October 20


By year reign of the second period, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with leaders of six high-level state institutions. Rumors spread, this meeting related to October 20, 2010, in which reportedly will be no massive demonstrations against Yudhoyono.

Whether meeting in the office of the Assembly to discuss about it? "There is absolutely no explicit things like that (the overthrow of President SBY)," said Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, Deputy Chairman of the Assembly, after the meeting, Monday, October 18, 2010.

United Development Party politician explained, a meeting between the President, the People's Consultative Assembly, House of Representatives, the Supreme Audit Board, the Constitutional Court and the Judicial Commission is looking for understanding about the function of balancing (checks and balances) inter-state institutions.

Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the House Priyo Budi Santoso said the meeting did not discuss the issue of reshuffle and rumors effort overthrow the government. "But more on social issues," said Priyo is also one of the Chairman of the Golkar Party.

Priyo states, the President and all leaders of the high state is concerned about national issues. "Social problem in which the simple existence of friction-social friction, the tendency of mad fury, that social phenomena that sooner or later we must complete because the stakes are huge," said Priyo.

Thousands of Police Preparing

However, if only just a rumor, the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police are just a few days already preparing to change leadership. Jakarta Police Chief, Inspector General Sutarman confirm, that day there was a demo.

Confirmation that the Petition 28 will hold a demonstration on October 20 was widely circulated. However, until Monday afternoon, Head of Public Relations Jakarta Police Boy Rafli Amar claimed no one has sent a notice of action.

According to the Boy, as applicable, notification of the demo should have been conducted within the Polda Metro, since three days before the implementation of the action as provided by law. "We expect, immediately report whenever you want to protest. Of course the police will prepare a more mature," he said.

But, is it true that there are signals riots? "Hopefully nothing," said Inspector General Sutarman met at the Parliament Building, Jakarta, Monday, October 18, 2010.

But police still do anticipated. Thousands of personnel will be deployed. "That two-thirds of the 30 thousand, yes about 19 thousand [personnel]," said Sutarman. Troops will disigakan in a number of points that need to watch out for, namely the House of Representatives, the State Palace, Monument Proclamation, and the Roundabout Hotel Indonesia.

Problem preparation for the demonstration is to invite sarcasm Mahfud MD Chairman of the Constitutional Court. Mahfud MD Chairman of the Constitutional Court said, must be distinguished between the demonstration with the efforts of treason. The demonstration allowed the law, but the rebellion must be dealt with firmly.

For Mahfud itself, just the demo alone is not nothing to fear. "The period we are afraid of things like that. First we make the Reformation in 1998 it let us be free to do things like that. Demos, let alone a demo. Keep an eye on it," said Mahfud.

"But if the rebellion," continued Mahfud, "I think it should be dealt with firmly if a provocation. To take the fight against the legitimate government by unconstitutional, it had to be dealt with."

SBY on October 20

In the days before October 20, Yudhoyono went to Makassar. Then, where is the President on an important day October 20?

Presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha admitted there has been no definite schedule for the President of Indonesia on 20 October. "No data detail and substance to the agenda of October 20. Tomorrow, the President will be to Makassar in the morning and went back to Jakarta in the afternoon," Julian said.

However, Julian said President SBY is going to evaluate the performance of the maid, exactly one year reign. "About the performance of each ministry on 20 October," he said.

Evaluation, he said, carried out in accordance with the initial agreement between the president and ministers. "Each of his ministers have signed a pact of integrity and work contracts is the reference. But, this does not necessarily mean reshuffling (reshuffle the cabinet)," he said. Indonesia Today


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