Fadli Zon Hopes Yudo Margono Strengthens Alutsista And The Sea Fleet

KSAL Laksamana TNI Yudo Margono/DOK VIA ANTARA

Member of Commission I of the House of Representatives, Fadli Zon, assessed that the appointment of TNI Admiral Yudo Margono as the sole candidate for TNI Commander to replace General Andika Perkasa was appropriate. Fadli hopes that Yudo can strengthen defense equipment and Indonesian marine fleets, including submarines and others after officially becoming TNI Commander. "Hopefully this is a momentum for the Navy to increase defense equipment, especially we have enough problems in our fleet of seas that need to be strengthened, including our submarines and others," said FadliZon, Thursday, December 1. The Gerindra politician has no problem that Yudo Margono will serve as TNI Commander in a short time. It is known that Yudo will serve for 11 months because in November 2023, KSAL is 58 years old. According to him, Yudo's term of office is in accordance with the mechanism as General Andika Perkasa. "Because the system is already running, if it's in the TNI. So there shouldn't be a problem, related to the political schedule, the system is already running," said Fadli. It is known that Commission I of the DPR RI will hold a fit and proper test for the candidate for the TNI Commander in Chief tomorrow, Friday, December 2. The previous fit and proper test agenda is said to be held next week. Because the Deliberative Body has not yet determined the schedule. However, this has changed again. The feasibility test is scheduled to begin with data verification of Admiral Yudo Margono as the sole candidate for TNI Commander at 10.00 WIB. "According to Bamus' decision, tomorrow, Commission I will carry out a feasibility test for the candidate for the TNI Commander. In the first order at around 10:00, the personal data verification of the candidate for TNI commander, is sufficient by the leadership of Commission I plus representatives from the factions, until finished," said member of Commission I DPR TB Hasanuddin to reporters, Thursday, December 1. Followed by the main agenda of the fit and proper test for the candidate for the TNI Commander at 13.00 WIB. Yudo Margono is welcome to explain his vision and mission as TNI commander in the future. "The prayers are Friday and so on, at 13.30 p.m. we will start with a fit and proper test. The order in the fit test is approximately the explanation of the candidate for TNI commander for 30 minutes, followed by an in-depth question by each faction representative for 7 minutes and then answered by the candidate for TNI Commander in about 20 minutes. If there are still less questions, they will be added according to needs, but we hope that the sooner the better," Hasanuddin explained.