National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri and Attorney General Hendarman Supandji conveyed Saturday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono their response to the presidential fact-finding team's final recommendations on the alleged incrimination of the two suspended antigraft deputies.
However, both Bambang and Hendarman declined to publicly reveal their response to the recommendations regarding Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M. Hamzah.
"We have received the written response from the police and the Attorney General's Office concerning the team's recommendations," newly appointed presidential spokesman Julian Pasha told detik.com.
Julian refused to reveal the details of the response, saying two special presidential staff members, Denny Indrayana and Daniel Sparringa, were studying it.
"Yudhoyono will comment on the result on Monday or Tuesday," Julian said, adding that Yudhoyono had met with the two officials at his private residence in Cikeas.
Yudhoyono ordered the police and the AGO to assess the team's recommendations and provide results before he would announce his response on Monday.
He also said he would not be pushed into accepting the recommendations.
The order met staunch criticism, since the recommendations had called for sanctions against members of both institutions.
The team also recommended Yudhoyono drop charges against Bibit and Chandra; take action against those involved in the recorded wiretapped conversation with businessman Anggodo Widjojo; and thoroughly reform the National Police and the AGO.
Meanwhile, pressure mounted for Yudhoyono to accept the team's recommendations, with political analysts saying he had no choice.
Bachtiar Effendy, a political analyst at Syarif Hidyatullah Islamic University, warned that citizens would be disappointed by Yudhoyono's hesitant approach.
"The team's recommendations are morally and politically binding for the President," he said, adding no ministers supported Yudhoyono's handling of the case.
He also said citizens were tired of the prolonged saga because Yu-dhoyono lacked courage to take action against officials who were technically his subordinates.
People's Conscience Party (Hanura) legislator Martin Hutabarat urged Yudhoyono to act swiftly.
The public is weary of the law enforcers' arrogance regarding continuing the Bibit and Chandra case and questioning the media about broadcasting the recorded conversation, he said.
Yudhoyono's special adviser for political communications, Daniel Sparingga, said the President wants the cases brought to a greater clarity.
"The President wants the cases of Bibit-Chandra and Bank Century to be investigated further because he really does not have anything to hide," he told Antara in Surabaya on Saturday.
"He will present his plan to build a transparent and accountable state management tradition. He will present an action plan on organizational management of the police, the AGO and the KPK."
Separately, Airlangga University's law expert Hadi Subhan said the government should form a state commission to evaluate existing state institutions to make them more effective.
"I know the police already have the National Police Commission, the AGO has the Judicial Commission and the KPK has its supervisory committee and so do other institutions but they all are not effective because they only have the right to make recommendations, not the right to take measures," he said.
A state commission, he said, would make evaluations and recommendations but also have the power to implement its recommendations on behalf of the president.
