Teka - Teki Candidate For TNI Commander In Lieu Of General Andika Perkasa, Is This Time From The Navy?

TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa/Screenshot via ANTARA

YOGYAKARTA - Who is the candidate for TNI commander Jokowi's option is still a mystery. Army Chief of Staff General Dudung Abdurachman, KSAL Admiral Yudo Margono, and KSAU Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, both have the opportunity to replace General Andika Perkasa.

As is known, General Andika Perkasa will leave his post in less than a month. The four-star general will retire next month, just before the age of 58 on December 21, 2022.

There are three names that immediately became the spotlight. In the land dimension, there is Army Chief of Staff General Dudung Abdurachman. From the sea dimension, KSAL Admiral Yudo Margono. While the air dimension is KSAU Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo.

Until now, President Jokowi has not sent a presidential letter (surpres) relating to the replacement of the TNI Commander to the DPR RI.

Secretary General of the Indonesian House of Representatives Indra Iskandar explained that the Presidential Letter (surpres) for the candidate for the TNI Commander in Chief was canceled last Wednesday (23/11). Indra said the State Secretariat (Setneg) would submit the letter on November 28, 2022. "The handover of the Presidential Decree of the TNI Commander will be handed over to the Minister of State Secretary on November 28," Indra told reporters, Wednesday (11/23/2022).

No law has been violated. Even though the submission of the presidential decree was postponed, it did not violate the regulations because the retired TNI Commander could retire until December 30, 2022.

Three TNI walhasil chiefs of staff had the same great opportunity to be chosen as TNI Commander replacing Andika Perkasa.

However, compared to Army Chief of Staff General Dudung Abdurachman or KSAU Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, KSAL Admiral Yudo Margono was evaluated for the greatest opportunity.

The first reason, during the Jokowi administration, there has never been a commander of the Indonesian Navy.

Since 2014, there have been two commanders from the Army and one from the Air Force.

Although there is no normative stipulation that requires the flow between the three dimensions to be done in a row of nuts, that does not mean it is not important to consider.

Not only that, Jokowi has always dreamed of building a maritime axis in the country. And the most likely thing to do to guard it is the marine dimension. "The appointment and dismissal of the commander-in-chief is carried out according to the interests of the TNI organization," said Article 13 Paragraph (3) of the TNI Law.

"The position of commander in chief as referred to in paragraph (3) can be held alternately by active High Officers of each Force who is or has served as Chief of Staff of the Forces," continued paragraph 4.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, spoke about this. Dasco said that it is open to the possibility that the candidate for TNI Commander will come from all dimensions, namely the Army (AD), Navy (AL), or Air Force (AU).

"As long as the chief of staff is still active, of course, all possibilities are open to becoming TNI commanders. Because it is the prerogative of President Jokowi as our supreme commander," Dasco told reporters complicated by parliament, Senayan, Jakarta.

For this case, his authority is said to be in the hands of President Jokowi. And the alternative TNI Commander Jokowi after General Andika Perkasa is still a mystery.

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