Wednesday 29 July 2009

PLOTS IN JAKARTA

Image from: blog.zulsdesign.com/category/politic/The Jakarta hotel bombs could be the work of elements of the Indonesian military, in association with a foreign power?In July 2006, Indonesia's Tempo Magazine knowledgeable its readers of the discovery of weapons and ammunition at the home of General Koesmayadi, who had died rather suddenly.The weapons were enough to arm two companies of soldiers. (Brig. Gen. Koesmayadi.)There were rumours that the weapons were to be second-hand in a plot against President Yudhoyono."It is not unthinkable that they were to be second-hand for a coup d’etat, sold, or channeled to separatist movements," said Yuddy Chrisnandi, a member of the House's Defense Commission.According to Tempo Magazine: "Suspicions of a coup are based on the high level of rivalry within the TNI (the military), between those who support President Yudhoyono and those who oppose him."General Prabowo and Megawati, who stood against General Yudhoyono in the 2009 presidential election, claim that 28.5 million votes for President Yudhoyono were invalid.General Wiranto is also not happy with the vote result as his group came third.The campaign team of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto has lodged lawful action demanding that the Constitution Court cancel President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s conquest and order new elections. - Mega Demands Showdown With SBYBack in in May 1998, it was President Suharto who was in trouble.Rumour had it that the army was split between supporters of General Wiranto and supporters of General Prabowo.Word was that on the streets there were three rival forces: Wiranto’s tanks, Prabowo’s tanks and the tanks of the marines.Reportedly Wiranto went to President Suharto on the twilight of the 20th of May and told him that he, Suharto, no longer had the support of the army.Allegedly Wiranto also beam at some point to Habibie, who took over from Suharto, and insisted that Prabowo have to be demoted.Some weeks later there were press reports of a dramatic incident that allegedly happened late on the twilight on May 21st, 1998.According to a 'senior military official', General Prabowo, accompanied by troops, arrived at the presidential palace and demanded that he be complete boss of the armed forces.One report beam of a loyal army officer serving Habibie and his family make their escape from the palace.What we do know is that, on May the 22nd, Prabowo was sacked as head of Kostrad while Wiranto remained as chief of the armed forces.~~
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