Reporters in anti-Bambang protest<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: More than 80 journalists from various media signed a
\npetition against State Secretary\/Cabinet Secretary Bambang Kesowo
\non Wednesday, protesting his increasingly standoffish behavior in
\ndealing with them.<\/p>\n
Last week, when asked for confirmation by reporters on whether
\nhe had received the name of the candidate proposed by President
\nMegawati Soekarnoputri for the position of TNI chief, Bambang
\nmerely blew a raspberry at reporters and walked away.<\/p>\n
Bambang has also become notorious for fobbing off journalists
\nwhen approached, as well as making rude signs -- instead of
\nmaking a recorded statement -- when asked a question he does not
\nwish to answer.<\/p>\n
\"Any public official has the right to refuse to reply to a
\nreporter's question, but being rude about it is what's
\nunacceptable,\" one journalist said.<\/p>\n
Unlike in the days when he served as secretary to then Vice
\nPresident Megawati Soekarnoputri, Bambang nowadays blatantly
\ndisplays a dislike of journalists. --JP<\/p>",
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