Jokowi Calls General Agus' Flying Hours Worthy Of Being TNI Commander

Army Chief of Staff General TNI Agus Subiyanto (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed that the flight hours of the Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General TNI Agus Subiyanto while serving in the territorial, administrative, and academic areas meet the requirements to be nominated as TNI Commander replacing TNI Admiral Yudo Margono who will retire.

"First, he is Deputy Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD), then he becomes Kasad (Head of Staff of the Indonesian Army). But if you look at the flight hours in the territory, in administrative, in academics, this fulfills everything," Jokowi said after the groundbreaking for the construction of IKN Airport, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, quoted by ANTARA Wednesday, November 1.

When asked who would replace Agus as Kasad, Jokowi admitted that he had not made a decision. He is still waiting for Agus' approval process to become the TNI Commander in the DPR.

"Yes, not yet, one by one. This (TNI Commander) needs to obtain approval from the DPR first, only after the approval we think of a new Kasad," he said.

The President has sent a presidential letter regarding the appointment of TNI General Agus Subiyanto as a candidate for TNI Commander to the Indonesian House of Representatives.

"I will announce the replacement candidate for the TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono, the name proposed by the President is General TNI Agus Subiyanto who currently serves as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army," said Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament Puan Maharani at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday..

TNI Admiral Yudo Margono will enter retirement on November 26, 2023. The DPR will immediately follow up on the proposal to change the TNI Commander, with the existing mechanism, namely through the fit and proper test stages against TNI General Agus Subiyanto as a candidate for TNI Commander.

Before being proposed as a candidate for TNI Commander, Agus Subiyanto, who is a former Commander of the Presidential Security Forces (Danpaspampres), was just appointed as the new Kasad last week or Wednesday (25/10) to replace TNI General Dudung Abdurachman who is entering retirement.