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National scene: Stop blaming SBY: Democratic Party
JAKARTA: Secretary general of the Democratic Party Hinca Panjaitan has demanded that ministers in the administration of President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo stop pinning blame for their lackluster performance on decisions made by Jokowiâs predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)
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AKARTA: Secretary general of the Democratic Party Hinca Panjaitan has demanded that ministers in the administration of President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo stop pinning blame for their lackluster performance on decisions made by Jokowi's predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).
'We have kept track from the start of this administration. Some of the ministers openly put the blame on us,' Hinca said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Hinca said that several ministers were in fact using Yudhoyono as a scapegoat for many of their failures.
'It would be better if they resigned after realizing that they've failed to find solutions to their problems,' he said.
Earlier this week, Yudhoyono posted on his Twitter account statements from a number of Jokowi's ministers who have blamed him for some of the current problems in the country.
'Even today, SBY and SBY's administration are being used as scapegoats by those in power,' Yudhoyono said in one of his tweets sent on Wednesday.
This is not the first time Yudhoyono has taken a swipe at Jokowi.
In 2014, Yudhoyono warned Jokowi against becoming a tyrant.
'Learn lessons from the world. Any leader, whose words and deeds are always perceived to be true, could become a dictator or a tyrant even if he or she is not aware of it,' he said.
