Three TNI Matras Each Prepare 1 Candidate For President Prabowo

The photo archive - Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General TNI Maruli Simanjuntak, answered reporters in Jakarta, Sunday (13/10/2024). BETWEEN/Donny Aditra

JAKARTA - Three TNI dimensions from the Army, Navy, and Air Force have each prepared their best candidates to become President Prabowo Subianto's aide.

Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) General Maruli Simanjuntak, Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) Marshal M. Tonny Harjono and Head of the Indonesian Navy Information Service (Kadispenal) First Admiral I Made Wira Hady Arsanta Wardhana confirmed the selection and candidate for the elected aide.

"The Indonesian Army has prepared several candidates, and he is the one who was elected," Maruli said when met at the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 22, was confiscated by Antara.

The candidate, called Maruli, refers to the Wayo Yuniarto Infantry Colonel. Colonel Wahyo graduated from the Military Academy (Akmil) in 2001 who is currently serving as Commander of Group 2 of the Army Special Forces Command (Kopassus).

Meanwhile, still around the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Office, KSAU Marshal TNI M. Tonny Harjono also confirmed that from the air dimension the candidate aide prepared for President Prabowo was Colonel Pnb Anton Sioux Palaguna.

"So far it is true (Anton Palaguna), the Sukhoi pilot, F16, my students, I (previously) taught him," said Tonny in front of the gates of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Office.

Tonny, who was also the adjutant to the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo in 2014, continued that the Indonesian Air Force prepared six aide candidates, three of whom were prepared for President Prabowo, and three others for Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"The elected (for the President's aide), Colonel Anton. The vice president has not (selected)," said KSAU.

He reiterated that there has been confirmation for presidential aide candidates so far, but there has been no official letter. Tonny then mentioned the flow of determination, after the selection process at the force headquarters and the Presidential Military Secretariat (Setmillres) level, then there was a decree from the Minister of State Secretariat, a decree from the TNI Commander, and a decree from the chief of staff of the force.

Colonel Pnb Anton Sioux Palaguna is an Indonesian Air Force fighter pilot who graduated from the 2000 Air Force Academy. He served as Assistant Operations for the National Air Defense Sector Command I and Air Squadron Commander 11 Hasanuddin Air Base.

On a separate occasion, Kadispenal First Admiral TNI I Made Wira Hady confirmed that currently the candidate who has been selected from the selection process from the sea dimension to become President Prabowo's aide is Marine Lieutenant Colonel (P) Romi Habe Putra.

"The Indonesian Navy has selected a number of its best candidates since September-October from the Indonesian Navy Headquarters level and then the Presidential Secretariat for aides to the President, then from the series of selection processes, candidates selected from the Navy Lieutenant Colonel (P) Romi Habe Putra," Kadispenal told reporters when contacted in Jakarta, Tuesday.

Marine Lieutenant Colonel (P) Romi Habe Putra graduated from the Military Academy (AAL) in 2002, and is currently serving as KRI Commander Sultan Hasanuddin-366.