{"id":4627,"date":"2013-06-04T18:24:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T08:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:24:11","slug":"bishop-v-indonesian-ambassador-kesoema-who-said-what-and-who-is-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/bishop-v-indonesian-ambassador-kesoema-who-said-what-and-who-is-lying\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop v Indonesian Ambassador Kesoema. Who said what and who is lying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4629\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4629\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4629\" alt=\"Asylum-seekers arrive at Christmas Island. Source: The Australian\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/677599-121015-asylumseekerspage1.jpg?resize=650%2C366\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum-seekers arrive at Christmas Island. Source: The Australian<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What the Indonesian Ambassador said about Coalition&#8217;s turn-back-boats policy:<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema said Indonesia would welcome Tony Abbott or whoever leads Australia after the September election.<\/p>\n<p>But he said asylum seeker boats should be turned back to other countries, not to Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indonesia is a transit country and also the victim of this situation. I think it&#8217;s not possible for the coalition to say that it has to go back to Indonesia because Indonesia is not the origin country of these people,&#8221; he told reporters in Canberra on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No such collaboration will happen between Indonesia and Australia (to) bring back the people to Indonesia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The opposition has long promised to end the flood of asylum seeker arrivals with its three-strand policy of offshore processing of asylum seekers, re-introducing temporary protection visas and turning back asylum seeker boats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Although the coalition policy has been on the table for a number of years, Mr Kesoema said it had never been discussed with Indonesia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that this issue will be aired by Mr Abbott,&#8221; he said. &#8211; AAP<\/p>\n<p>Below is a collection of tweets establishing the discrepancy between what the Ambassador said was discussed in meetings between the Opposition and Indonesia and what Ms Bishop is on the record of saying. One of them is lying. They can&#8217;t both be right. Judge for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/storify.com\/geeksrulz\/bishop-v-indonesian-ambassador-kesoema-who-said-wh.js?header=false\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript>[<a href=\"\/\/storify.com\/geeksrulz\/bishop-v-indonesian-ambassador-kesoema-who-said-wh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the story &#8220;Bishop v Indonesian Ambassador Kesoema. Who said what and who is lying?&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/noscript><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/insiders\/content\/2012\/s3615194.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Abbott &#8216;a mouse in Indonesia&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliebishop.com.au\/transcripts\/1128-6pr-drive-with-howard-sattler-sp-1015026389.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit to Indonesia, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard<\/a><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline  \"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.smh.com.au\/breaking-news-national\/no-boat-turnbacks-indonesia-says-20130531-2ngox.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No boat turnbacks, Indonesia says<\/a><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline  \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/insideguardian\/2013\/jun\/03\/julie-bishop-indonesia-boats-guardian?CMP=twt_gu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Bishop, Indonesia, boats and Guardian Australia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberal.org.au\/latest-news\/2013\/06\/03\/guardian-beat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian beat up<\/a><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline  \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2013\/jun\/04\/julie-bishop-indonesia-ambassador-labor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Bishop must explain or apologise for Indonesia comments, says Labor<\/a><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline  \"><a href=\"http:\/\/parlinfo.aph.gov.au\/parlInfo\/search\/display\/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F9526da6b-9674-4509-a6d5-a7115a7c1f1a%2F0148;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F9526da6b-9674-4509-a6d5-a7115a7c1f1a%2F0000%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal explanation to Parliament by Julie Bishop<\/a><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"name headline  \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2013\/jun\/04\/julie-bishop-referred-standards-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Labor wants Julie Bishop referred to standards committee<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What the Indonesian Ambassador said about Coalition&#8217;s turn-back-boats policy: Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema said Indonesia would welcome Tony Abbott or whoever leads Australia after the September election. 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