PDI-P: Yudhoyono shouldn't stir panic
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction chairman at the House of Representatives, Tjahyo Kumolo, said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not have publicly revealed any intelligence data he acquired about the Dec. 9 movement, stirring panic among the public.
"The president receives data from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) on a daily basis. The data must be held confidentially and cannot be publicly revealed.
“BIN people understand that it is important to keep secret data secret to avoid public panic. However, for some reason, the president decided to be the public relation of the intelligence," he told reporters in Jakarta on Tuesday.
"The president's statement about intelligence data on the Dec. 9 movement, will only make the movement grow bigger and bigger," he added.
Yudhoyono recently said that he had received sufficient data about a possible political movement to topple him using rallies, planned to be held on Dec. 9 to celebrate the world anti-corruption day.
Anti-corruption activists have expressed their regret over the president's statement, saying that he might have overreacted and panicked himself.
"The president receives data from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) on a daily basis. The data must be held confidentially and cannot be publicly revealed.
“BIN people understand that it is important to keep secret data secret to avoid public panic. However, for some reason, the president decided to be the public relation of the intelligence," he told reporters in Jakarta on Tuesday.
"The president's statement about intelligence data on the Dec. 9 movement, will only make the movement grow bigger and bigger," he added.
Yudhoyono recently said that he had received sufficient data about a possible political movement to topple him using rallies, planned to be held on Dec. 9 to celebrate the world anti-corruption day.
Anti-corruption activists have expressed their regret over the president's statement, saying that he might have overreacted and panicked himself.
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