President to act against judicial mafias soon

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the existence of judicial mafias in the country was an irksome thing and therefore he would soon take concrete action to root it out completely.

Speaking at a plenary cabinet session here Thursday , the president said, "We are going to formulate concrete steps, including what I will do as president to fight judicial mafias."

The president said if the legal mafia eradication effort ran well and effectively, it would greatly benefit the Indonesian people at large.

"It is my wish that in the first 100 days of this administration , eradication of judicial mafias as part of an overall reform of the legal system should run well and effectively," the president said.

The president added that those operating judicial mafias as a business would no longer be free to disturb the people`s sense of justice and security.

Present at the meeting were all members of the second United Indonesia Cabinet, including National Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri, National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Gen Djoko Santoso, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji, and State Intelligence Agency Chief Sutanto.(*)