REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the information about the alleged involvement of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) and Democratic Party members in destruction of political party campaign attributes obtained from National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian on Monday (Dec 17).

Wiranto asserted that he wasn't making it up. Therefore, he accepted opinions emerged about this case.

"It's okay. This is a free country, and everyone can give their opinions. But the information I conveyed before was from the National Police Chief on Monday meeting," Wiranto said in response to the Democratic Party's rebuttal in his Central Jakarta office on Tuesday (Dec 18).

At the meeting, he requested reports from the field regarding these issues. He asserted that his statement was the result of the reports.

At that time, besides meeting with the National Police Chief, he also met with Home Affairs Minister, Tjahjo Kumolo. Wiranto didn't want the vandalism case to develop further. He asserted that it was done by individuals and were not based on the orders of others.

"Police will explain the details later," he said.

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Meanwhile, chairman of Advocacy and Legal Aid of Democratic Party Ferdinand Hutahaean stated that Wiranto's statement was not true. He assessed the statement was wrong and made in a hurry.

"I must say that it was not true," he said in a written statement on Tuesday.

Earlier, PDIP denied that it had vandalized Democrat Party attributes carrying the picture of its general chairman and former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). PDIP politician Kapitra Ampera reiterated that the party strongly denied what SBY has said.

"There were no incidents like dropping SBY and Democrat Party attributes, as they have accused us of," Kapitra stated at a press conference here on Saturday evening.

He noted that PDIP has no problem with SBY as he is neither a legislative nor a presidential candidate, adding that PDIP had always upheld its civility and honor. He noted that SBY has always asked people to uphold civility in politics, and what he has done was not civil.

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