Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Asks Bakamla To Strengthen Capacity To Improve Performance

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD asked the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) to strengthen capacity to improve performance.

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD asked the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) to strengthen capacity to improve performance.

The strengthening consists of strengthening institutional and organizational governance, especially at the echelon level, equipping various tools needed for patrol and coaching purposes, as well as training reliable seafarers who have tactical and technical abilities.

"Also equip (Bakamla sailors) with the ability to help and safety at sea as well as law enforcement capabilities at sea to the investigation stage," Mahfud said while giving directions at the Bakamla Leadership Meeting (Rapim) quoted by Antara, Monday, March 7.

In his directive, Mahfud, who also serves as Chair of the Forum for Security, Safety, and Law Enforcement at Sea, also asked the Indonesian Bakamla to complete various standard operating procedures (SOPs) used to maintain the security of Indonesia's marine areas.

Meanwhile, the Head of Bakamla, Admiral TNI Aan Kurnia, expressed his gratitude for the direction of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. He gave directions to his staff regarding the main points of the Indonesian Bakamla policy in 2022.

There are four scopes of the RI Bakamla policy, namely the follow-up to President Joko Widodo's directives during the National Police Rapim, evaluation results and performance in 2021, non-institutional conditions involving the commitment of stakeholders to strengthen Bakamla institutions, and finally Bakamla's targets and priority plans. in 2022.

President Joko Widodo at this year's Indonesian National Police Rapim said that Indonesia is currently facing various kinds of uncertainty caused, among others, by the industrial revolution 4.0, the COVID-19 pandemic, and war or armed conflict.

Admiral Aan, following up on the President's directive, said that efforts to maintain maritime security stability cannot be separated from the various challenges mentioned by the President.

"Sea security is part of national security which is strongly influenced by the development of the global, regional and national strategic environment," said Aan in a written statement from the Indonesian National Security Council.

At the world level, various events such as the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the threat of climate change impacts, and the potential for weapons of mass destruction are issues that Bakamla pays attention to.

"Facing the development of the global, regional and national strategic environment, as well as maritime security issues, I have set goals and policy directions for 2022 to be implemented by each work unit," said Aan.