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112256
Thu, 03/18/2010 - 01:28
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US CAN UNDERSTAND MIXED RI REACTIONS TO OBAMA`S VISIT
Jakarta, March 17 (ANTARA)- As a democratic country, the United States government can understand the pros and cons President Barack Obama's upcoming visit has elicited in Indonesia, a senior Indonesian minister said.
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto made the statement after attending an international seminar on "Indonesian Towards 2015" at the State Palace here on Wednesday.
"I have communicated with White House staff in Washington and US Embassy staff in Jakarta and they say that the United States is a democratic country and thus they consider the pros and cons in relation with Obama's visit to Indonesia as something normal," Djoko Suyanto said.
According to him, so long as democratic processes were safe, orderly, and manageable , the pros and cons about Obama's visit to Indonesia were not a problem to Washington.
"For the United State as a democratic country, demonstrations are something normal so long as they are conducted in orderly and peaceful ways," the security minister said.
He said so long as the pros and cons were expressed peacefully in an aspirational atmosphere, there was no serious problem because Indonesia itself was a democratic country which did not restrict the expression of people's aspirations.
"There is no problem in demonstrations, but it is another matter if the rallies run in chaotic manner. Then , it is the duty of law enforcers to act. On any occasions other than Obama's upcoming visit, if demonstrations become unruly or disorderly, security forces will act," Djoko Suyanto said.
Meanwhile, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said President Barack Obama would visit Indonesia with good intentions, namely to build friendship.
"We should not forget that Obama has moral and emotional bonds with Indonesia. He loves Indonesia and when he comes as a state guest, he is also a friend of Indonesia and therefore we have to welcome him," Patti Djalal said.
The presidential spokesman was optimistic that most Indonesian people like President Barak Obama who spent part of his childhood in Jakarta, and that they sympathized with the US president.
President Obama will visit Indonesia from March 23-25, 2010, but because of the political situation in the US in relation with its health law, Obama will come to Indonesian without his family as originally planned.***
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto made the statement after attending an international seminar on "Indonesian Towards 2015" at the State Palace here on Wednesday.
"I have communicated with White House staff in Washington and US Embassy staff in Jakarta and they say that the United States is a democratic country and thus they consider the pros and cons in relation with Obama's visit to Indonesia as something normal," Djoko Suyanto said.
According to him, so long as democratic processes were safe, orderly, and manageable , the pros and cons about Obama's visit to Indonesia were not a problem to Washington.
"For the United State as a democratic country, demonstrations are something normal so long as they are conducted in orderly and peaceful ways," the security minister said.
He said so long as the pros and cons were expressed peacefully in an aspirational atmosphere, there was no serious problem because Indonesia itself was a democratic country which did not restrict the expression of people's aspirations.
"There is no problem in demonstrations, but it is another matter if the rallies run in chaotic manner. Then , it is the duty of law enforcers to act. On any occasions other than Obama's upcoming visit, if demonstrations become unruly or disorderly, security forces will act," Djoko Suyanto said.
Meanwhile, presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said President Barack Obama would visit Indonesia with good intentions, namely to build friendship.
"We should not forget that Obama has moral and emotional bonds with Indonesia. He loves Indonesia and when he comes as a state guest, he is also a friend of Indonesia and therefore we have to welcome him," Patti Djalal said.
The presidential spokesman was optimistic that most Indonesian people like President Barak Obama who spent part of his childhood in Jakarta, and that they sympathized with the US president.
President Obama will visit Indonesia from March 23-25, 2010, but because of the political situation in the US in relation with its health law, Obama will come to Indonesian without his family as originally planned.***
