Indonesian Air Force Air Base In Maluku-Papua Ready To Help KPU Distribution Logistics For The 2024 General Election

Illustration. Weather Modification Technology Operation (TMC) at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base, Jakarta on January 3, 2020. (Between)

JAKARTA - Air Operations Command III of the Indonesian Air Force has prepared aircraft and helicopters to assist the General Elections Commission (KPU) to facilitate the distribution of election logistics to certain areas in Papua.

Panglima Komando Operasi Udara (Pangkoopsud) III Marsekal Muda TNI Benny Arfan mengatakan, semua jajaran Pangkalan Udara di Maluku dan Papua siap membantu Pemda dan KPU untuk menyekseskan agenda nasional Pemilu 2024.

"As long as there is a request for assistance from the KPU to the Indonesian Air Force for support for the need to transport election logistics, we have prepared the aircraft," said Pangkoopsud Marsda Benny in Biak, Papua, Thursday, February 1.

Marsda said that we have prepared all types of Indonesian Air Force transport aircraft and helicopters if the KPU asked for distribution to Papua.

Moreover, for some areas in Papua with a very limited and challenging level of transportation difficulties, according to Pangkoopsud III, it is very necessary to transport aircraft to answer the needs of the community and local government.

He hopes that the Lanud commanders in various areas of Air Operations Command III covering Maluku and Papua to be more proactive in helping the KPU.

Marsda Benny said that holding the election was the national agenda of the five-year Government of the Republic of Indonesia, so the Koopsud III Biak ranks were ready to support and succeed in the general election on February 14, 2024.

"All Indonesian Air Force soldiers must comply in maintaining the neutrality of the TNI in the face of elections," he said.