Asked Who Replaced The TNI Commander And Army Chief Of Staff Dudung, Jokowi: It's Still A Long Time

President Joko Widodo answered reporters' questions at Parungkuda Market, Sukabumi Regency, West Java on Friday (4/8/2023). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo is reluctant to comment on potential replacements for TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono and Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Dudung Abdurachman who will retire at the end of this year. "Yes, it's still a long time," said President Jokowi in response to reporters' questions about the replacement of the TNI Commander and Army Chief of Staff at Parungkuda Market, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, quoted from Antara, Friday, August 4. President Jokowi also did not explain the figure of the TNI Commander as needed in the 2024 political year. "It's been a long time, it's still November," added the President briefly. TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono will enter retirement age from the military world on December 1, 2023. Meanwhile, Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Dudung Abdurachman will also retire on November 19, 2023. Both of them retired when they were 58 years old as stipulated in Article 53 of the Law on the TNI. The replacement of the TNI Commander will only be chosen from the chief of staff who is currently serving or the former chief of staff of each force who is still in the service period of the army. Yudo Margono was the first TNI commander in the era of President Jokowi who came from the Navy.

In his presentation of his vision and mission in the DPR, Yudo Margono promised that there would be no more arrogant soldiers if he was elected as TNI Commander.