'I didn't quit,' says Hendropriyono

'I didn't quit,' says Hendropriyono

SEMINYAK, Bali: Former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief
Hendropriyono said he had not resigned, but that his term had
ended automatically when the Cabinet of former president Megawati
Soekarnoputri completed its tenure on Oct. 20.

"I was a Cabinet member, therefore my term ended when the
Cabinet's tenure ended," Hendropriyono said after a meeting with
East Timor President Xanana Gusmao.

He said his deputy As'ad Said had taken over his post to
prevent a vacuum of power in the country's main intelligence
body.

Hendropriyono was responding to State Secretary Sudi Silalahi
who said on Friday that the BIN chief had resigned.

Hendropriyono said he met Gusmao in his capacity as chairman
of the Indonesian Boxing Commission to donate boxing gloves.
--Antara