Source/Credit: Tempo Interactive
By Tempo | March 25, 2011
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Former Indonesian Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Tyasno Sudarto has denied rumors that he and other retired general were planning a coup against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "There is no coup d’état, but a correction, by providing a solution so that problems can be resolved,” he told Tempo in Jakarta yesterday.
Tyasno stressed that the Indonesian Armed forces and retired general had no intention of a coup. “The duty of a retired soldier is to remind and correct firmly,” he said.
Tyasn’s name was mentioned in a Qatar-based news office, Al-Jazeera, last Tuesday, when reporting about an effort to overthrow Yudhoyono by a few retired generals. The retired generals supported the radical Islamic group in the anti-Ahmadiyah actions because it has the same goal of overthrowing the President.
Tyasno stressed that the general was not involved in the riots or dismissal of Ahmadiyah in other areas. He also claimed he did not know that his name was included in the cabinet created by the “Islamic Revolution Council” as the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs. “That was never confirmed,” he said.
Defense Minister Poernomo Yusgiantoro is certain that the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) or the retired officers will not commit a coup d’état against Yudhoyono. “TNI is not doing politics now,” he said.
According to Tyasno, the retired general was critical of the government’s perceived inability resolve several big cases such as Bank Century, tax mafia, and Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI). “Don’t see it as
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