SBY believes that Moeldoko’s involvement in the coup is beyond Jokowi’s awareness page.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Chairman of the High Council of the Democratic Party, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), believes that Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko is involved in efforts to assume leadership of his party. However, these efforts were made without the knowledge of President Joko Widodo.

According to SBY, Jokowi is a figure of integrity, unlike Moeldoko.

“Personally, I really believe that what Moeldoko did was beyond the knowledge of President Jokowi. I also believe that President Jokowi has an integrity that is very different from the behavior of his close aide,” SBY said, in a video posted Wednesday ( 2/24/2021).

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SBY assessed that Moeldoko’s involvement in the attempted coup against the Democrats actually disrupted and damaged Jokowi’s good name.

Additionally, SBY also believes in denying the names of various state officials in the controversy.

Several names were listed, namely the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, the Chief General of the National Police (Pol) Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and the Chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Budi Gunawan.

“The Democratic Party still believes that these officials have integrity, they are completely ignorant and there is no point in wanting to upset the Democratic Party,” SBY said.

In addition, SBY also supported the footsteps of President General Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY), who wrote to Jokowi regarding the coup attempt.

“Although the Democratic Party has the belief, at least the hope, that the issue of the participation of leaders and officials does not occur, and this may be only political slander or moral corruption, the Democratic Party needs to send the letter , “said the sixth president.

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He emphasized that he did not agree with the statement by Secretary of State Pratikno, who described the coup issue in the Democratic Party as an internal problem of the party.

According to SBY, based on reports and testimonies from cadres, including Moeldoko’s active participation, it is clear that the attempted coup in his party was not an internal problem.

“It is obvious that the demolition movement of the Democratic Party leadership is not only an internal problem but there is a participation of external elements and the external elements are at least one important official in the government,” he said.

The attempted coup in the Democratic Party was first revealed by AHY at a press conference on Monday (1/2/2021).

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At the time, AHY said there was a movement that wanted to win its leadership in the Democratic Party by holding an extraordinary congress. Then make the Democrats a political vehicle in the 2024 election.

Democrat said the movement involved Moeldoko and various cadres and former cadres. Several names stand out, namely Marzuki Alie, Muhammad Nazaruddin and the active politician Jhoni Alen Marbun.

Moeldoko has denied these accusations. He admitted that he had no right to assume the leadership of the Democratic Party because it was not part of the internal affairs of the party.