In a truculent farewell speech to the BSPP Party Congress, he warned that if the "disturbances" continued the "army would have to be called and I would like to declare from here that if the army shoots it has no tradition of shooting into the air.
Dalam pidato perpisahan pada Kongres Partai BSPP, ia memperingatkan bahwa jika "gangguan" berlanjut "tentara akan dikerahkan dan saya ingin menyatakan dari sini bahwa jika tentara tidak memiliki kebiasaan menembak ke udara.