Clear Path for Budi, Red Carpet for Ahok

Budi Gunawan has been appointed the new chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN). his appointment was rumored to be an exchange for PDI-P's support for Ahok's reelection bid.

September 13, 2016

COM. Gen. Budi Gunawan' confirmation hearing as BIN chief went well last Wednesday. All factions at the House of Representatives' (DPR) defense and security commission gave their approval to the aide to former President Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The one-and-a-half-hour meeting was divided into two sessions. In the first session Budi presented his work program to the public. In the second, in which faction members delivered their assessments, was close

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