President Jokowi Brings Good News! He Promises Houses For The Family Of The Crew Of KRI Nanggala-402

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited the family representatives of the KRI Nanggala-402 crew who died in the northern waters of Bali after the submarine went missing on Wednesday, April 21.

During the visit, Jokowi said the government ensured that the children of the German-made submarine crew would receive education from elementary to college levels. In addition, the family that is left behind will also get a house.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will also build houses which we will follow all of the wives regarding where they want the houses to be built. Wherever it is, it can be in Gresik, Sidoarjo, or other places", said Jokowi while attending the gathering with family representatives of the KRI Nanggala-402 crew in the Sidoarjo Regency, which was broadcasted on the Presidential Secretariat YouTube channel, Thursday, April 29.

He then ordered the National Army (TNI) Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Navy Chief of Staff (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono to be able to arrange the delivery mechanism. So, these two things can be carried out as soon as possible.

"If, for example, there are wishes and input, I invite them to be conveyed. Or convey them through the TNI or KSAL Commander", he said.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also said that the government mourned the deaths of 53 crew members of the KRI Nanggala-402. In addition, Jokowi also said that the government would give a promotion to one level above it as a form of respect for the crew of the ship.

"Yesterday I told you that the government will reward the promotion of one level for their sacrifice to the country", he said.

As previously reported, the TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto on the fifth day of the search or on Sunday, April 25, announced that 53 soldiers on board the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine were declared dead in their duties.

The announcement was made after the search team found a number of authentic pieces of evidence that showed the KRI Nanggala-402 sank at a depth of 838 meters and the hull of the ship was split into three parts.

The ship is actually scheduled to have a missile firing exercise in the Bali Sea scheduled for Thursday, April 22. This exercise will be witnessed by the TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Laksamana Yudho Margono.

Technically, the KRI Nanggala-402 comes from the Type 209/1300 which was made by the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, West Germany in 1979, and entered active service in 1981.

The propulsion system of the KRI Nanggala-402 consists of a low-speed Siemens diesel-electric motor whose labor is directly channeled to the propeller at the stern.

The thrust strength is 5.000 shp (shaft horse power), while the electric batteries weighing about 25 percent of the gross weight of the ship store electric power. Four supercharged MTU diesel engines are responsible for supplying the ship's electric power.