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Yudhoyono Scolds Cabinet Ministers
Arientha Primanita | December 02, 2011

President Susilo Bambang Yuhdoyono, left, and Vice President Boediono leading a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on Friday. (Antara Photo) President Susilo Bambang Yuhdoyono, left, and Vice President Boediono leading a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on Friday. (Antara Photo)
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BilboBaggins
10:40am Dec 4, 2011

SBY seems to make it a regular event to lay blame on his ministers.

Does he not realise that, as the president, he is the head of government and ultimate responsibility lies with him.

A statesman would make his concerns known to the ministers in private and in public would apologise for his lack of leadership and vow to improve his performance.

But that would be a statesman.

DrDez
10:26am Dec 3, 2011

Didi

One cannot help but feel that he has surrounded himself with such people as post presidential safeguard

History will not treat him well I agree

didikarjadi
9:13am Dec 3, 2011

Yudhoyono has surrounded himself with Yes-men for exactly this reason, that he does not want to be confronted at all. Its his own fault things are as they are.

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History will not treat this man well.

Valkyrie
9:52pm Dec 2, 2011

All I am seeing is his inability to manage this nation.

He's making an effort to divert the flak on to his lack luster, unqualified etc., etc., ministers.

Mr. President....you have to shoulder the blame. I trust you know that a good general will always be in front of his men, not....behind!

Another bad workman complaining about his tools?


RuleBritannia
4:09pm Dec 2, 2011

A suggestion. Stop scolding, start sacking, in large numbers, removing all pensions, privileges and benefits along the way. And for god's sake, stop re-electing these people

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has again used a public press conference to criticize the performance of members of his cabinet, this time because he was informed of the Mahakam II Bridge tragedy by people other than his ministers.

Yudhoyono, speaking prior to a cabinet meeting on Friday, scolded his ministers for the failure of the central government’s internal reporting systems, which he blamed on the government’s inability to implement good governance.

“Let me give you example, the case of the collapsed bridge on the Mahakam river in Kutai Kartanegara district,” Yudhoyono said, referring the tragedy that has claimed an estimated 39 lives.

He said he often learned of issues much more quickly than his own cabinet ministers, ordering them to implement systems to ensure they were updated as quickly as possible.

Palace insiders say ministers, particularly in cabinet meetings, are often reluctant to be bearers of bad news to Yudhoyono. Yudhoyono, in turn, often uses news conferences to rebuke ministers or officials.

The president also reminded his ministers, particularly coordinating ministers, to build effective communication with the public through the mass media, particularly through routine press conferences.

“For the sake of good communication, [you] don’t have to wait for journalists to ask,” he said. “If we know that in a week there are three or four issues, just explain what the government has been done or is still doing.”