Yudhoyono won the presidency in September 2004 . The turning point came on 1 March 2004 , when Yudhoyono 's secretary , Sudi Silalahi announced to the media that for the last six months , Yudhoyono had been excluded from policy decision-making in the field of politics and security . On 2 March 2004 , Megawati responded that she had never excluded Yudhoyono , while her husband , Taufiq Kiemas called Yudhoyono childish for complaining to the media instead of the president herself .