Jokowi Alludes To WhatsApp Group TNI-Polri, KSAL: The President's Reprimand For More Introspection

Chief of Staff of the Navy (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s statement regarding the TNI-Polri family must be careful in their attitude, especially on social media including WhatsApp Groups is a form of warning. In the future, it will conduct introspection.

"We have to introspect into the TNI-Polri and their families," Yudo told reporters in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 1.

Yudo said that the TNI-Polri and their families must be upright to support any government program. So, later it will continue this as a form of evaluation.

"Yes, if that was indeed a warning from the President to us for further introspection, further evaluation," he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked the TNI-Polri to be careful in making statements. Especially in conversations on WhatsApp Group (WAG).

“We have to start being disciplined in WhatsApp Groups. I saw it in the WA group, if you are among yourself you can, be careful. If it is allowed and if it continues, be careful," said Jokowi to the TNI-Polri ranks at the 2022 TNI-Polri leadership meeting (rapim) at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Tuesday, March 1.

He then gave an example, one of which was discussed about the nation's capital city (IKN). He mentioned that there was a discussion on the rejection of IKN in the TNI-Polri group.

“For example, when you talk about IKN, you don't agree, what is IKN? It has been decided by the government and approved by the DPR," Jokowi said.

According to Jokowi, the TNI-Polri discipline regarding the government's decision to move the nation's capital is no longer debated. He admitted that he read the TNI-Polri WA group which mentioned the IKN.

"In the discipline of the TNI and Polri, it cannot be debated, especially in the WA group, it is easy to read," said Jokowi.