President sees no possibility of military coup

(Jakarta-ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he saw no possibility for a coup by the military to happen in the country.

He expressed his conviction that no coup would happen in the country when receiving senior editors from several US mass media joining the International Reporting Program of the John Hopkins University at his office here on Thursday.

He said he saw no possibility for it to happen because 85 percent of the Indonesian people believe that the state has been running on the right track.

"I have seen no possibility for a coup by the military to happen because 85 percent of the Indonesian people believe their state has been running on the right track," he said.

President Yudhoyono said the state institution that was built after reform movement has been very stable and strong while democratization is also developing.

The President said the development could be seen from the implementation of general elections regularly every five years, in the awakening of civil society and the dynamic and alive press freedom.

Yudhoyono said democracy has been growing stronger in the country and the trend could not be reversed.

"The present conditions are in contrast with those in the period between 1998 and 2011 when we were on the brink of changing national leadership every year," he said.

He said Indonesia continued strengthening the democratic principles, re-developing its economy, intensifying law enforcement and corruption eradication efforts.

He said Indonesia had successfully overcome the test in its history passing through the multi-dimensional crisis in 1997-1988.

"Frankly speaking there were a lot of disruptions and security disturbances at the time but we had passed the test. I believe in the past ten years we have achieved a lot although a lot still has yet to be done in the years to come," he said.

During their ten-day visit the senior editors have visited Jakarta, Yogyakarta and West Kalimantan to see the Dayak tribe villages. (*)
Editor: Aditia Maruli Source: Antara News

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