Deals with
Megawati off
as SBY refuses to blink
President Susilo Bambang
Yudho-yono and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri almost clinched a
historic deal late Wednesday to end their protracted enmity and forge a
political coalition.
Intense lobbying, largely by vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla, to have the two leaders bury the hatchet, however, collapsed after Yudhoyono was accused of failing to show sincerity in mending the ties.
According to Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians, Megawati, through her representatives, demanded Yudhoyono on Wednesday first support the PDI-P coalition’s bid for House leadership in order to regain her trust.
Yudhoyono, however, turned down the request.
He demanded to meet Megawati first before agreeing to back the bid. The PDI-P eventually lost the bid early Thursday to the Red-and-White Coalition led by defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.
“The two leaders intended to meet. But given the different point of views, the meeting could not be realized,” said PDI-P senior politician Pramono Anung on Thursday.
“Pak SBY wants to meet first and talk while Ibu Megawati wants him to join us first [in the bid for House leadership] and then meet,” he said.
According to Pramono, Megawati had assigned president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kalla, her daughter Puan Maharani and NasDem Party patron Surya Paloh to meet Yudhoyono prior to the House’s leadership selection process.
“If only Yudhoyono had agreed to accept them, Megawati would have called him through Puan. But he refused to accept them,” said Pramono.
Since her defeat against Yudhoyono in the 2004 presidential election, Megawati has entirely shut the door on her former coordinating security and political minister.
Megawati’s grudge stemmed from Yudhoyono’s decision to form a political party and run in the election while serving in her Cabinet, despite Yudhoyono’s previous pledges to remain loyal to Megawati.
Her rage led to the PDI-P becoming the opposition party during Yudhoyono’s 10-year administration, which is due to end on Oct. 20.
Renewed hope for the reconciliation of the two leaders, however, emerged after Yudhoyono received waves of public criticism for allowing the passage of a law that scrapped direct elections for governors, mayors and regents in mid-September.
Yudhoyono has planned to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) in a bid to annul the newly passed regional election law, which is supported by the Red-and-White Coalition. For the Perppu to gain sufficient support in the House, Yudhoyono will need the PDI-P’s backing.
Yudhoyono’s camp proposed late on Tuesday that it would support the PDI-P’s bid for the House leadership in exchange for the party’s later support for the Perppu. The camp would also be supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN) in order to gain sufficient voting power.
The President invited Jokowi to discuss the plan and hoped to lure Megawati with the proposal late on Tuesday.
“We’ve talked about a lot of things. There are talks about the House leadership, as well as our shared vision over the need to return the direct elections,” said Jokowi on Wednesday.
Intense lobbying, largely by vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla, to have the two leaders bury the hatchet, however, collapsed after Yudhoyono was accused of failing to show sincerity in mending the ties.
According to Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians, Megawati, through her representatives, demanded Yudhoyono on Wednesday first support the PDI-P coalition’s bid for House leadership in order to regain her trust.
Yudhoyono, however, turned down the request.
He demanded to meet Megawati first before agreeing to back the bid. The PDI-P eventually lost the bid early Thursday to the Red-and-White Coalition led by defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto.
“The two leaders intended to meet. But given the different point of views, the meeting could not be realized,” said PDI-P senior politician Pramono Anung on Thursday.
“Pak SBY wants to meet first and talk while Ibu Megawati wants him to join us first [in the bid for House leadership] and then meet,” he said.
According to Pramono, Megawati had assigned president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kalla, her daughter Puan Maharani and NasDem Party patron Surya Paloh to meet Yudhoyono prior to the House’s leadership selection process.
“If only Yudhoyono had agreed to accept them, Megawati would have called him through Puan. But he refused to accept them,” said Pramono.
Since her defeat against Yudhoyono in the 2004 presidential election, Megawati has entirely shut the door on her former coordinating security and political minister.
Megawati’s grudge stemmed from Yudhoyono’s decision to form a political party and run in the election while serving in her Cabinet, despite Yudhoyono’s previous pledges to remain loyal to Megawati.
Her rage led to the PDI-P becoming the opposition party during Yudhoyono’s 10-year administration, which is due to end on Oct. 20.
Renewed hope for the reconciliation of the two leaders, however, emerged after Yudhoyono received waves of public criticism for allowing the passage of a law that scrapped direct elections for governors, mayors and regents in mid-September.
Yudhoyono has planned to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) in a bid to annul the newly passed regional election law, which is supported by the Red-and-White Coalition. For the Perppu to gain sufficient support in the House, Yudhoyono will need the PDI-P’s backing.
Yudhoyono’s camp proposed late on Tuesday that it would support the PDI-P’s bid for the House leadership in exchange for the party’s later support for the Perppu. The camp would also be supported by the National Mandate Party (PAN) in order to gain sufficient voting power.
The President invited Jokowi to discuss the plan and hoped to lure Megawati with the proposal late on Tuesday.
“We’ve talked about a lot of things. There are talks about the House leadership, as well as our shared vision over the need to return the direct elections,” said Jokowi on Wednesday.
But the simmering optimism
for a coalition of the PDI-P and Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party in the House was
short-lived as several hours before the start of the leadership selection
process, which ran until Thursday morning, the coalition deal was called off.
Following the failed deal, the PDI-P coalition was short of one party to be able to nominate its candidates for the House leadership.
The Red-and-White Coalition passed Golkar Party treasurer Setya Novanto as House speaker and the Democratic Party’s Agus Hermanto along with the Gerindra Party’s Fadli Zon, PAN’s Taufik Kurniawan and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Fahri Hamzah as deputy speakers.
“From my side, I have wanted to meet with Ibu Megawati since long ago. But God has not allowed it to happen yet,” said Yudhoyono early on Thursday in response to the failed meeting with Megawati.
Yudhoyono also said that the failed reconciliation should not result in political instability, as evidenced during the selection of the House leadership.
“We don’t expect any future political volatility that can disrupt the government from working. It is the people that will bear the consequences,” said Yudhoyono.
The Democratic Party has repeatedly voiced its neutrality in the House despite the fact that it often accommodates the interests of the Red-and-White Coalition.
Puan Maharani, however, blamed the collapse of the deal on Yudhoyono, who she alleged closed communication with Megawati by refusing to accept her and the others.
“We’ve tried, but there was no response from Pak SBY,” she said.
Following the failed deal, the PDI-P coalition was short of one party to be able to nominate its candidates for the House leadership.
The Red-and-White Coalition passed Golkar Party treasurer Setya Novanto as House speaker and the Democratic Party’s Agus Hermanto along with the Gerindra Party’s Fadli Zon, PAN’s Taufik Kurniawan and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Fahri Hamzah as deputy speakers.
“From my side, I have wanted to meet with Ibu Megawati since long ago. But God has not allowed it to happen yet,” said Yudhoyono early on Thursday in response to the failed meeting with Megawati.
Yudhoyono also said that the failed reconciliation should not result in political instability, as evidenced during the selection of the House leadership.
“We don’t expect any future political volatility that can disrupt the government from working. It is the people that will bear the consequences,” said Yudhoyono.
The Democratic Party has repeatedly voiced its neutrality in the House despite the fact that it often accommodates the interests of the Red-and-White Coalition.
Puan Maharani, however, blamed the collapse of the deal on Yudhoyono, who she alleged closed communication with Megawati by refusing to accept her and the others.
“We’ve tried, but there was no response from Pak SBY,” she said.
Never any plan
to announce
Cabinet members at Priok:
Jokowi
Ina Parlina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Fri, October
24 2014, 10:54 AM
President
Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Thursday night that he had no plan to
announce Cabinet members on Wednesday night at Tanjung Priok Port in North
Jakarta.
The
statement was made in front of the side gate of the Merdeka Palace on Thursday
night at 10:15 p.m. before the media, which had been told by the palace to be
on standby near the gate at the time.
According
to Jokowi, he wanted to wait for the results of the Corruption Eradication
Commission’s (KPK) investigation into people on the new candidate list after he
had updated it with eight new candidates to replace eight previous names that
the KPK had red-flagged.
"Up
until now, the KPK has yet to issue the [new] recommendation," said
Jokowi, who was accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Jokowi
also questioned why journalists had gathered at the port and later reported
that he had canceled the announcement.
"Why
were you at the Tanjung Priok yesterday [Wednesday]? Who told you to gather
there?" he asked.
He appeared
reluctantly to answer journalists when asked why palace media affairs staff had
taken them there.
Jokowi
only replied with another question: "Did you ask the media affairs
unit?"
"We
[only] prepared the place; why did [you] say it was canceled? We did no such
thing," he said. (nfo)
Analysis of
Direct and Indirect Speech
- Statement
a. Direct
:
“We don’t expect any future political
volatility that can disrupt the government from working. It is the people that
will bear the consequences,” said Yudhoyono.
Indirect :
He said that they didn’t expect any future political volatility that could
disrupt the government from working. It is the people that would bear the consequences.
Analysis :
We can change this sentence from direct
into indirect speech, in this case we have to change don’t into didn’t and also
can into could. Besides, there is change of pronoun for we into they.
b. Direct
:
“We’ve tried, but there was no response from
Pak SBY,” she said.
Indirect :
She said that they had tried, but there was no
reason from Pak SBY
Analysis
:
We
can change this sentence from direct into indirect speech, there is change of
pronoun for we into they. In this case we have to change we’ve tried into they
had tried
a. Direct :
“Why were you at the Tanjung Priok yesterday [Wednesday]?” He asked.
Indirect :
He asked why they were at
Tanjung Priok yesterday.
Analysis :
He wants to know why they were at Tanjung Priok yesterday, because
the direct question use Wh- question
we don’t need to use if/whether.
b. Direct :
“Who told you to gather there?" he asked.
Indirect :
He asked who told they to gathered there.
Analysis :
Because the direct question uses wh- question we don’t need to
use if/whether.
- Imperative :
a. Direct :
“Don’t touch
my laptop!” she warned me.
Indirect :
She warned me
not to touch her laptop.
Analysis :
In the
indirect speech we must added “not to” in front of negative imperative.
b. Direct :
Father advised me : “Wash Your face before you sleep”
Indirect :
Father advised
me to wash my face before I sleep.
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