President may demote AGO, police officials: Aide

Denny Indrayana, presidential legal adviser, said Saturday that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono may reshuffle high-ranking officials at the National Police and Attorney General's Office (AGO).  

“I think reshuffle at the AGO and the police have come under the president attention. I have not received any information on reshuffle, but the president is listening to the public voice,” he said during a discussion in Jakarta, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Calls for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to sack the National Police chief and the attorney general have intensified.

Those supporting the demotions said that the move was needed to force the dropping of bribery and abuse of power charges against suspended Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairmen Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah.

Responding to the recommendations from his fact-finding team into the fiasco, Yudhoyono said Wednesday he refused to be rushed on a decision, adding he would announce his decision on Monday.

In the team's final report, submitted Tuesday, it recommended the cases against Bibit and Chandra be dropped for lack of evidence, and that strict action be taken against officials implicated in the alleged plot to frame the two antigraft commission deputies.

It also recommended wide-reaching reforms in the police force and the Attorney General's Office.