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Antara - Monday, November 9, 2009 ...FOR YOUR INFO:<br /><br />Antara - Monday, November 9, 2009 21:38 WIB <br />(http://www.antara.co.id/en/news/1257777482/habibie-blames-annan-for-e-timors-secession)<br /><br />Habibie blames Annan for E Timor`s secession<br /><br />Jakarta - Former Indonesian president BJ Habibie expressed his ire at former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan on Monday with regard to the independence of East Timor (now Timor Leste) from Indonesia.<br /><br />"This is the fault of Kofi Annan. I did not know. He was the one who announced the results (of the vote). He was the one who gave a press conference (on the vote`s results). And so that was how things began to roll," he said at a nostalgic meeting with press figures in connection with the 10th anniversary of the The Habibie Center here.<br /><br />He said the fact was that he had earlier stated that the Indonesian government would replace the military (TNI) personnel there by the ones who were neutral, namely those who once served the UN to guard the vote.<br /><br />But before he and then armed forces commander general Wiranto stationed the replacements the UN secretary general had announced to the world that the vote was won by the pro-independence group although the vote had not yet finished, and this caused rioting.<br /><br />In reply to a question from Saur Hutabarat, Habibie admitted he was well aware that his decision to allow the vote in East Timor carried the risk of losing East Timor which Indonesia had to bear.<br /><br />That is why, he said, he as the President had prepared two speeches he would deliver if the people of East Timor wished or if they rejected to be part of Indonesia.<br /><br />Habibie also admitted that if the people of East Timor chose not to become part of the Unitary State of Indonesia, Indonesia could not do anything but accept them as friends.<br /><br />"Timor Leste has never been part of the Indonesian proclamation of independence as the proclamation only covers the Dutch Indies," he said in the company of his wife, Mrs Ainun Habibie.<br /><br />Regarding the riots that occurred after the vote in East Timor and his ire at then UN secretary general Kofi Annan, Habibie said he would not recollect them.<br /><br />"What is the use of talking about it now. What is the benefit for us," he said. <br /><br />While quoting a saying that the past is the farthest as noone could meet it again Habibie called for all the people to look forward.<br /><br />The meeting was attended by the chairman of the Habibie Center, Muladi, who is a former minister of justice, Malik Fadjar, the former minister of education and press figures including Asro Kamal Rokan from Antara, Muh Assegaf, Ikhwanul Kiram, Atmakusumah, and others.(*)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com