Prabowo, who is the son of the 2nd Indonesian President Suharto was rumored to be a coup against the President of the RI-3 BJ Habibie.

  Prabowo, who is the son of the 2nd Indonesian President Suharto was rumored to be a coup against the President of the RI-3 BJ Habibie.




Former Commander of the Army Strategic Command Lt. Gen. (ret.) Prabowo was well aware of her image is inseparable from the historical events of 1998. Prabowo, who is the son of the 2nd Indonesian President Suharto was rumored to be a coup against the President of the RI-3 BJ Habibie.
"When people hear the name Prabowo would have reflected the former army commander of Kopassus, and the coup, as well as the events of 1998. Was the sort-order," said Prabowo, Tuesday (12/18/2012), while giving a public lecture at the Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta.
Related to the issue of the coup, Prabowo even expressed regret for not so staged a coup in 1998. His statement was uttered Prabowo said jokingly.
"I am retired lieutenant general, former commander of Kostrad nearly coup., But the coup baseball so well nyesel me now, ha-ha-ha ...," Prabowo said.
As is known, the relationship between Prabowo and BJ Habibie in 1998 ago, reportedly was heated. In the book Defining Moments work Habibie told how Prabowo met Habibie had asked the then became president after Suharto's resignation. The meeting finally done on May 22, 1998 at the State Palace.
At the meeting, Habibie finally sacked from his position as Kostrad Prabowo. Prabowo had reportedly not received Habibie's decision. However, Habibie stick with the reason for the movement of Army troops entered Brass and headed towards the Presidential Palace.
Prabowo argued that it was to secure the presidency. However, Habibie did not necessarily believe in and stick to the decision to remove the Prabowo.
According to Prabowo, when it was, he decided to stage a coup because of his oaths in the teens yet. At the age of 18 years, Prabowo said he had sworn to defend the country of Indonesia bersendikan Pancasila.
"That's what's so baseball oath so, as I remember it. I fear the same booklet containing the 1945 Constitution. Scared of just one book, in which there is a verse that says the president hold supreme authority over the armed forces. So, already locked with one sentence, "said the man who is now pursuing a path to a presidential candidate in 2014's.