---------------------------------------------------------- FREE Subscribe/UNsubscribe Indonesia Daily News Online go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- US MAY HAVE INTERVENED IN RI INTERNAL AFFAIRS Yogyakarta, C. Java, 19 Jan (ANTARA) A Noted political observer has said the United Stated may have intervened into Indonesia's internal affairs but it would be difficult to be proven. "Regarding its political and economic interests, Washington as well as other foreign countries may have intervened into the country's domestic affairs," Ichlasul Amal, rector of the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University, told newsmen here Wednesday. He however said that it is difficult to detect such an intervention. On the statement of the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrooke who spoke about the political situation in Indonesia and called upon military leaders to abandon any plan they may have to stage a coup d'etat aimed at toppling the government headed by President Abdurrahman Wahid, Amal said, "It was exaggerated." "Indonesia is a big and open country, different from the African countries. The Indonesian Military (TNI) will not to take measures into their own hands and move against the government," Amal said. He further said a coup d'etat is not a simple matter but need a wide support as well as solid military force. Amal has dismissed a coup d'etat possibility although he indicated there were dissapointment and uneasiness among military leaders afther the President replace several military figures from their positions. "TNI will not attempt to seize power though there is discontent as a result of replacement in some military position. TNI chief has reafiramed his stance on this issue," he said. Similar opinion had also been aired by Amal's cellegue, Affan Gafar who said that TNI will not seize the power from a legitimate government. "I don't think they will do so because as soldiers they have to be loyal to the state and be ready to receive instruction from the President, who according to the 1945 Constitution is the supreme commander of the Army, Navy and Air Force," Gaffar said. Several U.S. high-ranking officials have expressed concern about the latest developments in Indonesia. President Bill Clinton and other US officials expressed their support for President Abdurrahman Wahid's administration. (T.BDA-002/INT-NS/15:07/RH/NN-03/TB02) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 27 Jan 2000 jam 06:06:19 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
