Golkar Waiting for SBY's Call in Coalition Evaluation Threat

The Jakarta Post, 27 February 2011

The Golkar Party downplayed threats from its coalition partner, the Democratic Party, to evaluate Golkar's membership in the government party coalition after a disagreement over a legislative tax inquiry proposal.

Golkar strongly backed the proposal, which sought to form a legislative inquiry on corruption within the Indonesian taxation system, while the Democratic Party led the push to reject it.

Democratic Party executives said they had asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the founder and chief patron of the party, to evaluate Golkar's membership in the coalition in relation to the disagreement.

Mt Merapi Disaster Victims Still Need Govt`s Help

AntaraNews, 27 February 2011

The Sleman district government has requested for the disbursement of social safety net funds for the survivors of Mount Merapi`s eruptions until December 2011.

The request had been to the central government through the ministry of social affairs, Head of Sleman district, Sri Purnomo, said here Saturday.

"The Mount Merapi disaster victims, who remain at shelters need time to rebuild their lives by themselves. Therefore, we ask the central government for social safety net funds until December 2011," he said.

President Back in Jakarta

AntaraNews, 27 February 2011

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived back in Jakarta on Sunday after paying a working visit to Riau Islands province and a state visit to Brunei Darussalam.

The president and entourage including First Lady Ani Yudhoyono arrived at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta by a special presidential plane at 02.30 p.m. after a one-hour flight from Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands.

Golkar Seen Pushing Back With Century

JakartaGlobe, 26 February 2011

After its failed push for a special inquiry into corruption in the tax office, the Golkar Party has come up with a new issue: the leadership of the Indonesian House of Representatives’ Bank Century bailout monitoring team.

Analysts and critics, though, say Golkar’s reviving of the Century issue could be its response to threats by the Democratic Party to kick it out of the ruling coalition over the tax inquiry push.