Consumers Alliance for Global Prosperity Applauds Indonesian Government for Denying Entry to Greenpeace Warship

RI takes stand against radical NGO's advocacy efforts endangering 10 million people

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2010 - The Consumers Alliance for Global Prosperity (CAGP) (
www.consumerprosperity.com ) today applauds Indonesia's government for
denying the Greenpeace warship Rainbow Warrior entry into the Port of
Jakarta. The vessel - which is used to instigate civil disobedience,
undermine the democratic process and advocate anti-growth policies - was
attempting to dock in Jakarta to applaud Indonesia and Norway's signing this
past May of the Letter of Intent (tinyurl.com/22v6fs5 ) governing the
forestry moratorium between the two nations. In addition, Greenpeace was
planning to promote further trade restrictions against Indonesia's citizens
and businesses while in port.

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CAGP Spokesman and Institute for Liberty President Andrew Langer
(tinyurl.com/kwmf5v) issued the following statement on behalf of CAGP,
urging Indonesians to question the motives of those supporting the
moratorium, such as Greenpeace and other elitist, Western organizations:

"Indonesia's decision to deny Greenpeace access to her largest seaport
was a telling sign that the people of Indonesia have had enough. The
pro-poverty scare tactics employed by organizations like Greenpeace threaten
the livelihoods of millions of Indonesians. And with 20 percent of
Indonesia's population already living in poverty, using media-savvy antics
like the Rainbow Warrior steals the chance of a better life away from even
more hard-working families.

"The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway, and the forestry
moratorium that it outlines, would destroy between 280,000 and 700,000 jobs
directly in the short term and condemn more than 10 million people who
currently depend on the agricultural industry into poverty. The industries
that will be affected most by this ill-advised cooperation currently make up
almost five percent of Indonesia's gross domestic product.

"Economic growth around the world has lifted hundreds of millions of men
and women out of poverty, provided jobs, income and hope and has the
potential to do the same in Southeastern Asia. CAGP demands that Greenpeace
and other elitist, European organizations stop promoting their
anti-prosperity agenda in the developing world, and instead begin making the
human choice - the moral choice - for the benefit of the world's poor."

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schedule an interview with Andrew Langer, please contact
media@consumerprosperity.com.

The Consumers Alliance for Global Prosperity (CAGP) educates and
activates concerned citizens in response to costly collaboration between
environmentalists, protectionist industries, big labor unions and retail
companies. CAGP is an action-oriented alliance of advocacy groups that
promotes economic growth and pro-consumer policies across the world.

Andrew Langer, media at consumerprosperity.com