Bambang Soesatyo: I am not afraid of Yorrys

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Senin, 30 Maret 2015 22:20 WIB

Ade Komaruddin (left) Chairman of Ical's Golkar party faction with Bambang Soesatyo, Ical's Golkar secretary. TEMPO/Dhemas Reviyanto

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Yorrys Raweyai, Deputy Chairman of Agung Laksono's Functional Group Party (Golkar), along with Dave Laksono, blocked the exit of the Golkar Faction office. Inside the room, there were 40 reporters that have just attended a press conference held by Bambang Soesatyo, Faction Secretary from the opposing side.


On the other hand, Bambang Soesatyo claimed that he prevented the two men and their entourage from entering the room as they came with bad intention. Bambang also claimed that he did not fear Yorrys and his men, but he resisted to jump into a fistfight.


"That is not our culture," he said. "We do not have any reasons to be afraid of Yorrys and his men."


Moreover, Bambang believed that Yorrys will charge head-on with no intenton of helding a discussion, just as they took the party's office in Slipi. "It's all thuggery," Bambang said.


MUHAMMAD MUHYIDDIN

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