MPR: TNI Plays An Important Role In Dealing With Intolerant Groups

JAKARTA - Chairman of the MPR RI Bambang Soesatyo said his agency and the Army agreed to continue to work together to socialize the Four Pillars of the MPR RI to various elements of the Indonesian nation. said Bambang Soesatyo or Bamsoet in his statement in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 2. On that occasion, Kasad presented a book entitled "Dudung Abdurachman. Dismantling the Psychological Operations of the Intolerance Movement" to the Chairman of the MPR RI Bambang Soesatyo. difficult to predict and anticipate.

According to him, the conception of national security is no longer visible and conventional, but complex, multidimensional, and ideological in nature. "Even the TNI is also a place to transmit radicalism. According to the 25th Minister of Defense General (ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu in 2019, no less than 3 percent of TNI members are indicated to be exposed to radicalism," he said. Bamsoet also explained the national survey of the Center for Research Islam and Society (PPIM) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah in 2018 indicated that 63.07 percent of teachers had an intolerant opinion of followers of other religions. In addition, according to him, the Alvara Research Center survey in 2017 recorded at least 19.4 percent of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and 9 .1 percent of BUMN employees disagree with Panc ideology asila. "It is not surprising that the results of the Wahid Institute survey in 2020 reported that intolerant attitudes and understanding of radicalism have a tendency to increase, from 46 percent to 54 percent," he said. Bamsoet explained the movement of intolerant groups as expressed in a book entitled "Dudung Abdurachman. Dismantling the Psychological Operations of the Intolerance Movement was actually carried out systematically with partial political objectives. According to him, this asserts that the goals of the interests of the people or the people as often conveyed by intolerant groups are nothing more than mere camouflage.