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Lawmaker criticizes Dipo Alam's threat to media

JAKARTA LIFE'S STYLE

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) senior lawmaker Tjahjo Kumolo interrupted a House plenary Tuesday only to criticize Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's threat to boycott the media.

"The statement was made by a Cabinet member. He also advised regional leaders to boycott the media that keep criticizing the government.

"That was very unappropriate. In the future, he may also advise to boycott us, the House of Representatives," Tjahjo said.

He asked House speaker Marzuki Alie of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party to meet with other speakers to arrange a consultative meeting with the government to discuss the issue.

During a Cabinet meeting in Bogor, West Java, on Monday, Dipo threatened to ban certain media companies from all government advertisements if they continued to criticize the government unproportionally.

"Government information would also not be provided to those outlets. There's no need for them to place [advertisements] if [the media] continue to besmirch [the government],” he said. “And officials being interviewed for prime time [television shows] don't need to go.”

He said repeated showings of violence on news shows negatively impacted on the government. “This causes investors to run away. It's as if Indonesia is in chaos… that Indonesia is gloomy,” he added.
The Jakarta Post

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