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Ex-first lady says allegations are ‘an extraordinary insult' to SBY
Former first lady Kristiani Herrawati, better known as Ani Yudhoyono, responded to a question from a netizen regarding allegations as to the role of her husband, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, behind the Nov. 4 rally, calling the allegation "an extraordinary insult" to Indonesia's sixth president.
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Democratic Party chair Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) attends the party's anniversary event in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Sept. 9, 2015 along with wife Ani Yudhoyono and party faction chair, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ormer first lady Kristiani Herrawati, better known as Ani Yudhoyono, responded to a question from a netizen regarding allegations as to the role of her husband, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, behind the Nov. 4 rally, calling the allegation "an extraordinary insult" to Indonesia's sixth president.
Ani, who is very active on her official Instagram account, posted a photo of her oldest son, Agus Harimurti, and his wife, Annisa Pohan, stirring a sticky sweet confection known as dodol at a cultural festival in Condet, East Jakarta on Nov. 5.
(Read also: SBY throws salvo at Jokowi)
In response to a post from the account @estikartika2410, Ani said that her family did not carry the DNA to commit a wrongdoing. "If [people] throw accusations against Pak SBY saying he sponsored and funded the Nov. 4 peace rally, this is not only evil slander but also an extraordinary insult to Pak SBY," she wrote, referring to Yudhoyono by his acronym.
"This accusation is very cruel. God knows what we have done [for the country]," she said.
(Read also: SBY's 'defensive' gesture over rally accusations regrettable, say activists)
Last week, Yudhoyono invited journalists to his residence in Cikeas, Bogor, West Java, to quell rumors that he was behind the rally involving 200,000 hard-line Muslims in the capital. The rally was organized to urge the police to charge Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who is seeking a second term in the February gubernatorial election, with blasphemy for his statement on a Quranic verse. Ahok, a close friend of Jokowi, is running against former education and culture minister Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti, Yudhoyono’s eldest son. (dmr)
(Read also: COMMENTARY: As things get personal, derision is what SBY may harvest)
