Jakarta – A recent survey by the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) has revealed that some 60 percent of Indonesians are against the ratification of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty with Singapore.

"60.09 percent of respondents said they were against the ratification of the DCA, another 34.61 percent asked for a review of the agreement and only 3.61 percent accepted the agreement," Lemhanas deputy for the Enforcement of Nationhood Values, Bijah Soebijanto, told detik.com.

The survey involved 600 respondents of various professions in cities across the country, including Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara, Surakarta in Central Java and Makassar in South Sulawesi.

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono, who signed the DCA with his Singaporean counterpart in Bali last July, said he would not be deterred by the results of the survey. "We'll consider the survey results as input for us. But we cannot accept them outright," he said.

Juwono said both the Indonesian and Singaporean foreign ministers were now discussing the possibility of opening a new round of negotiations for the ratification of both agreements.