Deddy Corbuzier Becomes Staff Of The Minister Of Defense And Lekol Tituler, Ministry Of Defense Ensures Salary Is Not Double

Deddy Corbuzier, who is a former famous preacher, was arrested as one of the staff of the Minister of Defense (Menhan) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. (IG @sjafrie.sjamsoeddin)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) guarantees not to pay celebrities Deodatus Andreas Deddy Cahyadi Sunjoyo or familiarly called Deddy Corbuzier on a double basis, namely as Special Staff to the Minister of Defense (Stafsus Menhan) and Lt. Col. Tituler.

"For double financing with Lieutenant Colonel Tituler, of course, administratively later is to use those whose positions are indeed higher, in this case special staff," said Head of the Defense Information Bureau of the Ministry of Defense Brigadier General Frega Ferdinand Wenas Inkiriwang at the Ministry of Defense Office, Jakarta, Friday, February 14, quoted by Antara.

On that occasion, Brigadier General Frega reiterated that the Ministry of Defense guaranteed that there would be no state expenditure for the two positions.

"So, we can guarantee that there is no state expenditure for two things with the appointment of the special staff," he said.

Brigadier General Frega explained that Deddy's status as a staff member of the Defense Minister was equivalent to echelon I b officials.

Meanwhile, Deddy Corbuzier, through an upload on his personal Instagram social media account, @mastercorbuzier, Thursday (13/2), revealed that he would not take a salary as staff of the Minister of Defense. He also said that he had discussed this with the Ministry of Defense.

"Why? Because first, I knew that I didn't need it. Second, I know that people need it more," said Deddy.