General Andika Perkasa Wants TNI To Involve More Female Soldiers In The UN Peacekeeping Force In Lebanon

Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, General Andika Perkasa. (Antara/Genta Tenri Fragrant)

JAKARTA - The Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces, General Andika Perkasa, ordered his staff to involve more female soldiers in the Garuda Contingent Task Force (Konga) of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) 2022.

He assessed that many female TNI soldiers had achievements but were not given the opportunity to join the troops, especially the Garuda Contingent Rapid Action Battalion.

"We, for example, there are no female soldiers in the battalion, but if there is information available, in transportation there are, but they are supporters," Andika said when responding to the explanation of Paban VIII/Overseas Operations TNI Operations Staff during a meeting in Jakarta as broadcast on the YouTube channel. TNI General Andika Perkasa in Jakarta, Thursday.

Therefore, he asked his staff to re-evaluate the planned deployment of soldiers and examine more closely the track records of soldiers who were selected as members of the Unifil 2022 Peace Force.

“The fast-moving (battalion) with achievements are from Papua or West Papua. Do not then there are elements who are not trained, have never done their job here, and that will only make our Task Force not optimal. This is what I will evaluate," said the Commander.

The Rapid Action Battalion (BGC), called Andika Perkasa during the meeting, is a special force that has a special women's platoon or the Female Engagement Team (FET).