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Nothing in or out:: Newly installed Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Unggung Cahyono (foreground) meets with the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Peopleâs Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday to discuss security measures for the inauguration of president-elect Joko âJokowiâ Widodo on Oct. 20. Members of the Red-and-White Coalition have pledged to disrupt the inauguration. (JP/AWO) (foreground) meets with the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Peopleâs Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday to discuss security measures for the inauguration of president-elect Joko âJokowiâ Widodo on Oct. 20. Members of the Red-and-White Coalition have pledged to disrupt the inauguration. (JP/AWO)
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span class="caption">Nothing in or out: Newly installed Jakarta Police chief Ins. Gen. Unggung Cahyono (foreground) meets with the leadership of the House of Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) on Friday to discuss security measures for the inauguration of president-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo on Oct. 20. Members of the Red-and-White Coalition have pledged to disrupt the inauguration. (JP/AWO)
The National Police will go all out to secure the inauguration of president-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla at the House of Representatives' compound on Oct, 20, A number of international leaders are also expected to attend the ceremony.
National Police chief Gen. Sutarman said that more than 22,000 personnel from the Jakarta Police would man four-ring security details centering on the House's complex and vicinity.
'The innermost ring will be around the House's complex. The second ring will cover the yard. The third and fourth will cover the roads and business districts around the complex,' Sutarman said on Friday after holding a closed-door joint meeting with leaders from the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Unggung Cahyono and Brig. Gen. Teddy Laksmana from the Jakarta Military Command.
House speaker Setya Novanto told a press briefing after the meeting that the police and the military were prepared to deal with potential threats that could disrupt the inauguration, including street protests, bombings, riots and destruction to public facilities.
'We've been told that security personnel would not use firearms. However, members of the Jakarta Police and the Jakarta Military Command are prepared to take all measures to safeguard the inauguration,' Setya said.
- Police and TNI will join forces to secure the inauguration
- Security heightened to prepare for possible rioting
- Many foreign dignitaries expected to attend the ceremony
In addition to securing the House's complex, Setya, a politician from the Golkar Party, added that security measures also included securing Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as well as Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, where foreign dignitaries would arrive.
As of Friday, seven countries ' Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Timor Leste and the United States ' have officially notified the MPR that they would be sending representatives to attend the ceremony. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Republican Senator John McCain are expected to attend the event.
The ceremony is also expected to bring together the countries' former leaders, including former president Megawati Soekarnoputri of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), to leaders of state institutions.
The MPR, which will be in charge of the inauguration ceremony, will also invite defeated July 9 presidential election candidate Prabowo Subianto from the Gerindra Party and his running mate Hatta Rajasa from the National Mandate Party (PAN).
'Their presence [at the ceremony] will hopefully mark the reconciliation process [between the Red-and-White Coalition and the Great Indonesia Coalition]. We must learn to leave our political affiliations behind to support the new administration,' House deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan of PAN said.
The rivalry between the Red-and-White Coalition, which secured control over the legislative institution, and PDI-P-led Great Indonesia Coalition, which nominated Jokowi-Kalla, has heated up, particularly after Prabowo's brother and top aide, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, reportedly launched a verbal threat at Jokowi, saying that the Red-and-White Coalition would be an 'active opposition' that would obstruct Jokowi's administration; a price that Jokowi would have to pay for his July 9 win.
On Friday, Hashim maintained that he was misquoted and that he never made such a threat.
'My statement to several foreign media outlets was misinterpreted. During the interview with foreign journalists, I said that the KMP [Red-and-White Coalition] and I would be constructive and pro-active toward Joko Widodo's administration,' Hashim said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Friday.
He further elaborated that word 'constructive' meant that the Red-and-White Coalition would support policies that benefitted all Indonesians and ensured the unity of Indonesia based on the Pancasila state ideology and the 1945 Constitution.
As for the word 'pro-active', it referred to the coalition's comprehensive efforts to monitor as well as examine any policies that might harm the people, Hashim said.
