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| Southeast Asia |
| Yudhoyono fears plot |
| 2009-12-08 |
| [Straits Times] INDONESIA'S top brass met on Monday to discuss a supposed threat to the country after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned that unnamed forces were planning to use an anti-graft rally to topple him. The heads of the armed forces, the police and the intelligence agency were called to the security ministry to examine the alleged threat to the government surrounding the anti-corruption march scheduled on Wednesday, officials said. The meeting came after Dr Yudhoyono cryptically told a gathering of his Democratic party on Sunday that the rally was a front for a 'hidden political scenario'. 'I've prayed in the middle of the night with my wife and family to find out what is going on behind this slander and character assassination,' he said. 'My common sense says that such political behaviour will at least in the short term shake, discredit or if possible topple SBY,' he added, using his nickname to refer to himself in the third person. Dr Yudhoyono is under mounting pressure over corruption allegations that have besieged the administration since his landslide election victory in July on the back of promises of good governance and economic growth. The softly-spoken ex-general has been slow to discipline the officials involved and has seemed out of touch with public anger over the endless stream of corruption scandals. |
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