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National scene: Fadli blasts arrogant minister

JAKARTA: Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Fadli Zon has criticized Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar for being arrogant in calling for the sacking of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia’s president director

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Sat, February 27, 2016

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National scene: Fadli blasts arrogant minister

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AKARTA: Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Fadli Zon has criticized Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar for being arrogant in calling for the sacking of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia'€™s president director.

Marwan went on a Twitter rant on Wednesday after missing his flight to Yogyakarta, making him late for a seminar. He experienced a short delay with his next flight also.

When he finally arrived in Yogyakarta, in his speech at the seminar, Marwan said that State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno had to replace president director of Garuda M. Arif Wibowo.

'€œGaruda Indonesia has been suffering from for a long time now, although it has been protected by the government. I will ask my colleague Minister Rini Soemarno to sack the president director,'€ Marwan said as quoted by local media in Yogyakarta.

Fadli said that it was Marwan'€™s own mistake that caused him to miss the flight and that he should have arrived earlier at the airport.

'€œIt'€™s over the top to ask for Garuda'€™s president director to be replaced. No need to do that and he [Marwan] should not throw a tantrum,'€ Fadli said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

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