SBY caves in, pledges to JAKARTA. After drawing a wave of ire for failing to defend democracy by allowing the passage of a law that scraps direct elections for local leaders, outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally given in to the pressure and has pledged to immediately annul the law. In a press conference after meeting officials of his Democratic Party, Yudhoyono said on Tuesday that he would issue a government regulation in lieu of the law (Perpu) to replace the newly passed law, thus returning the people's right to directly elect leaders. "I have prepared the Perpu to be submitted to the House of Representatives after I sign the [Regional Elections] Law," said Yudhoyono, who was accompanied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono.
SBY will issue law annulling indirect ellections
SBY caves in, pledges to JAKARTA. After drawing a wave of ire for failing to defend democracy by allowing the passage of a law that scraps direct elections for local leaders, outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has finally given in to the pressure and has pledged to immediately annul the law. In a press conference after meeting officials of his Democratic Party, Yudhoyono said on Tuesday that he would issue a government regulation in lieu of the law (Perpu) to replace the newly passed law, thus returning the people's right to directly elect leaders. "I have prepared the Perpu to be submitted to the House of Representatives after I sign the [Regional Elections] Law," said Yudhoyono, who was accompanied by First Lady Ani Yudhoyono.