Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a cabinet meeting at his office on Wednesday afternoon to discuss various issues.

The head of state held the meeting, attended by all cabinet ministers and state officials at the ministerial level, to discuss the government`s working plan for 2013 and the development of the revised 2012 state budget.

Accompanied by Vice President Boediono, the president opened the cabinet meeting at 2:15 pm on Wednesday.

While the meeting was underway, a protest rally against the government`s plan to raise the price of subsidized fuel oil was staged in front of Merdeka Palace.
(O001/INE)

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