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PD denies using Golkar as political `bumper'

| Wed, 05/06/2009 9:20 AM
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JAKARTA: The Democratic Party (PD) denied Tuesday it had been using the Golkar Party as a "bumper" in the issuance of unpopular policies throughout the current presidential term.

"If someone feels that he *Kalla* was being used as a *bumper', then it was just part of the government management. Anyone within the government can be appointed by the President to announce a policy, but at the end of the day, the responsibility falls on the President, not the one making the announcement," PD central board member Max Sopacua said .

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said last week his Golkar Party had often saved the PD and incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by announcing unpopular policies. - JP

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