INDONESIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2009 - The Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto (JK-Win) success team said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) should not have made intelligence data public because it could disturb national peace.
JK-Win success team spokesman R Jogi Soehandodyo said here on Saturday disclosure of the intelligence data would only disturb national peace because it linked Friday`s bombings in the Mega Kuningan area with the recent presidential election.
"The intelligence data made public by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday should have been kept as reference for further investigation. But why did the president disclose it to the public," Soehandoyo asked.
According to him, President Yudhoyono should not have made the public disclosure because by doing so he had reduced his own credibility.
Soehandodyo said there were many possibilities behind Friday`s bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels, for instance, it could have been perpetrated by a certain party that deliberately made use of the election situation to disturb the national economy.
"Or it could even be the work of corrupters who want to use the chaotic situation to escape from the law , or of an international terrorist ring cooperating with their colleagues at home because they do not want to see harmonious relations between Indonesia and the United States," he said.
President Yudhoyono at a press conference on Friday said he had been a target of a terrorist group since the legislative elections in April this year.
He said intelligence agents had obtained proof he was targeted in the form of pictures showing members of a terrorist group practicing their marksmanship on his photo.
The president said the intelligence service had also collected information that there would be violence to reject the result of the 2009 presidential election.
"There was a plan to occupy the General Elections Commission (KPU) during the announcement of the results of the ballot counting. There was also a statement saying there would be `revolution` if SBY won, `we will turn Indonesia into another Iran, and lastly there was a statement saying that SBY should not be reinaugurated (as president)," he said.(ant)
JK-Win success team spokesman R Jogi Soehandodyo said here on Saturday disclosure of the intelligence data would only disturb national peace because it linked Friday`s bombings in the Mega Kuningan area with the recent presidential election.
"The intelligence data made public by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday should have been kept as reference for further investigation. But why did the president disclose it to the public," Soehandoyo asked.
According to him, President Yudhoyono should not have made the public disclosure because by doing so he had reduced his own credibility.
Soehandodyo said there were many possibilities behind Friday`s bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels, for instance, it could have been perpetrated by a certain party that deliberately made use of the election situation to disturb the national economy.
"Or it could even be the work of corrupters who want to use the chaotic situation to escape from the law , or of an international terrorist ring cooperating with their colleagues at home because they do not want to see harmonious relations between Indonesia and the United States," he said.
President Yudhoyono at a press conference on Friday said he had been a target of a terrorist group since the legislative elections in April this year.
He said intelligence agents had obtained proof he was targeted in the form of pictures showing members of a terrorist group practicing their marksmanship on his photo.
The president said the intelligence service had also collected information that there would be violence to reject the result of the 2009 presidential election.
"There was a plan to occupy the General Elections Commission (KPU) during the announcement of the results of the ballot counting. There was also a statement saying there would be `revolution` if SBY won, `we will turn Indonesia into another Iran, and lastly there was a statement saying that SBY should not be reinaugurated (as president)," he said.(ant)
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