Moeldoko Encourages Expert Staff Of The Commander Of The Indonesian Armed Forces To Be Sensitive To Developing Issues

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Tuesday 19 December. (Special)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko encouraged the role of the Expert Staff of the TNI as a unit that carries out national and international problem processing and decomposition activities in supporting the implementation of the duties of the TNI Commander. In the midst of uncertain world changes, Moeldoko emphasized the importance of the role of the TNI Expert Staff to increase sensitivity to issues to enrich data-based information.," he said at the TNI Expert Staff Coordination Meeting which took place at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Tuesday 19 December. Moeldoko mentioned the key to the optimality of the TNI Expert Staff is found in its human resources. He mentioned one of the criteria that the Expert Staff must have is how to build relations with internal TNI units as well as with other institutions to support a more measurable policy-making process. This TNI Expert staff member should not only be able to talk about the Ministry or other institutions in order to know the crucial situation in the field and future projections how from you strategic recommendations are produced,'' said Moeldoko. According to the 2013-2015 TNI Commander, in establishing a narrative of strategic issues must be carried out by developing the ability to manage issues comprehensively. Moeldoko gave an example of his position as the current Presidential Chief of Staff by managing strategic issues regularly. Identifying issues, he continued with a comprehensive understanding to be able to prepare a comprehensive understanding of mitigation as well as solutions to developing issues. In view of the impact of the development of strategic environment developments, Moeldoko said there needs to be considerations so that the TNI Expert Staff can coordinate all issues processing with other institutions including KSP. This is to prevent overlapping and inconsistent inputs. "Sinergies with other institutions are important to affirm Presidential distances," he said.

On that occasion, Moeldoko also reminded the TNI Expert Staff to periodically discuss with the relevant K/L. Especially on urgent issues and things that the President has directed for the TNI Commander. In addition, the existence of Expert Staff is needed to support a more effective communication strategy. We need to improve the communication strategy, of course, supported by strong data," he concluded.