TNI AL Denies Rental Of Rp100 Billion Buzzer To Improve Image

Archives - Head of Naval Information Service (Kadispenal) First Admiral I Made Wira Hady Arsanta (center)/ANTARA

The Indonesian Navy has denied disbursing funds of Rp. 100 billion to present a buzzer to improve the image of the Indonesian Navy in the eyes of the public.

The objection was said by the Head of Dispenal for the First Admiral of the TNI I Made Wira Hady Arsanta Wardhana when responding to Antara's confirmation regarding the issue.

According to Wira, the budget was disbursed to create an information security application within the Indonesian Navy.

"With this application, it is hoped that it can optimize sensitive data protection by maintaining information integrity and preventing misuse by unauthorized parties, as well as detecting misuse of information related to the Indonesian Navy on social media," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 13.

Pernyataan tersebut juga selaras dengan keterangan yang tercantum dalam situs pengadaan https://sirup.lkpp.go.id/sirup/rekap/penyedia/K28

Whereas previously there was a photo circulating of the site's page containing information that was different from I Made Wira's statement.

In a screenshot of the Sirup LKPP website circulating on social media, the name of the package is explained, namely the procurement of the Information Response System application with its RUP code 53851132.

The following is an explanation of the description of the product's work in the photo captured page circulating in the community.

"With the limited personnel in the current information monitoring process, it is possible for news and comments to emerge with negative sentiment related to the Navy and activities beyond the supervision of Dispenal, so it is necessary to conduct a counteropinion by the Dispenal.

It is time for the Dispenal to implement the Information Response System by building a system that can minimize the emergence of negative opinions spread across the general public by spreading positive information through the involvement of the Key Opinion Leader (KOL) in order to lead public opinion towards positive and conducive opinions.

This opinion convoy can be done by utilizing social media accounts by creating a word of mouth phenomenon on social media as a means to convey information repeatedly with the aim of reaching and attracting the attention of a wider audience. Methods like this are also known as buzzers, "

When ANTARA tried to check the same site today, the product package name remained the same, namely the procurement of the Information Response System application, but with a different RUP number, namely 54391291.

The following is a description of the description of the work in the product on the page.

"Information Security is urgently needed in maintaining the integrity of the information to be published, Dispenal is expected to protect sensitive data by maintaining information integrity and prevent misuse by unauthorized parties".

As for the description of the work specifications as follows.

"Securing information related to the Indonesian Navy on social media is a very effective means to protect and maintain the security of sensitive data of the Indonesian Navy, and ensure that quality information related to the Indonesian Navy can be well received by the public,"

I Made Wira hopes that the misinformation in the procurement of this package will not spread further and result in public misunderstanding.

"So that there is no misunderstanding of information caused by an error in the description of the construction of the application," he said.