JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto chaired the inaugural session of the National Defense Council at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Friday, February 7. In the trial, Prabowo was grateful that Wantannas could finally be realized after being mandated by law for a long time.
Prabowo initially underlined the vitality of national defense for a country. The head of state said that the protection of the people is Indonesia's national goal based on the 1945 Constitution.
"In the opening of our Constitution, the 1945 Constitution, the first national goal is to protect the entire Indonesian nation, and all of Indonesia's bloodshed. The first principle is the principle of protection, meaning the principle of defense," said Prabowo.
The National Defense Council itself, continued Prabowo, has been mandated for a long time by Law Number 3 of 2002 concerning National Defense. In particular article 15 concerning the formation of the National Defense Council.
However, Indonesia has just made it happen now. The mandate of the law is realized by Presidential Regulation Number 202 of 2024 concerning the formation of the National Defense Council.
"But we just realized it in 2024. It means that only 22 years after the Law was passed, we now have the National Defense Council in accordance with the orders of the Law, in accordance with the mandate of Law number 3 of 2002," said Prabowo.
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On that occasion, the Daily Chair of the Defense Council, Sjafrie Sjamsoedin, reported to Prabowo that the National Defense Council could provide proposals for policy solutions and strategic actions to the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
"The National Defense Council in the context of national defense plays a role in formulating the general policy of national defense for 5 years," said Sjafrie.
Sjafrie mengatakan, saat ini sedang dilaksanakan proses finalisasi struktur organisasi dan tata kerja dengan memiliki tiga kedeputian guna mendukung operasionalisasi Dewan Pertahanan Nasional.
"Deputy for Geostrategy, Deputy for Geopoliticals, and Deputy for Geoeconomics and assisted by the secretariat," he said.
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