Djadja upset at Army chief over removal<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Army Strategic Reserved Command (Kostrad) chief
\nLt. Gen. Djadja Suparman was fuming that he had not been told he
\nwas being removed from his post, and without even an encouraging
\nword of \"thanks\" from his superiors.<\/p>\n
Djadja questioned on Tuesday his superiors' oversight in not
\ninforming him of their decision to remove him from the strategic
\npost, despite news of it already making headlines.<\/p>\n
\"Up to this moment, I have yet to receive any formal or
\ninformal announcement (from my superiors) about my removal,\"
\nDjadja said adding that Army chief Gen. Tyasno Sudarto, his
\nimmediate superior, had not said a word about his removal.<\/p>\n
Djadja admitted that he was both surprised and disappointment
\nwith the procedure and described it as quite strange in the
\nmilitary organization.<\/p>\n
\"Of course I certainly don't mind being removed, but I would
\nhave liked the decision on my removal to have been made known to
\nme before it was announced to the public,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n
\"Honestly, I knew about the reshuffle from reporters and the
\nTV news,\" he said after officiating at Kostrad's civic work
\nmission in North Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Military (TNI) spokesman Rear Marshal Graito Usodo
\nannounced the reshuffle of 74 officers on Monday morning. The
\nmost notable change was the promotion of Maj. Gen. Agus
\nWirahadikumah as new Kostrad chief, replacing Djadja.<\/p>\n
Djadja was sent back to school in his new posting as head of
\nTNI's Staff and Command School in Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
Many see the reshuffle as a cleansing of Wiranto loyalists in
\nthe military.<\/p>\n
Agus was known as a strong critic of Wiranto, and the
\nsuspended coordinating minister for political affairs and
\nsecurity has also condemned his junior for making inflammatory
\nremarks against him.<\/p>\n
Without directly pointing any fingers, Djadja contended on
\nTuesday that it was only courteous for a superior to directly
\ninform a junior of such changes.<\/p>\n
\"It's normal in a newspaper company for the desk chief to
\nthank the reporter when he moved to another desk,\" he said, using
\nthe analogy of an editorial floor.<\/p>\n
Djadja admitted that he was disappointed at having to leave
\nhis command at Kostrad after only being there for three months.<\/p>\n
In an apparent jab at his successor, Djadja, when asked to
\ncomment, remarked that it was more important for Kostrad to focus
\non physical and military training than politics.<\/p>\n
\"Kostrad doesn't need politics, but mental and physical
\ntraining to make it more professional.\"<\/p>\n
Djadja also retorted that his removal was part of a de-
\nWirantonization of the military.<\/p>\n
\"All military officials, including me, have once been
\nWiranto's subordinates when he was TNI commander,\" he said adding
\nthat the military remained solid despite the latest escapade.<\/p>\n
\"I do not feel I'm being dumped to TNI's Staff and Command
\nSchool,\" insisted Djadja who was appointed Kostrad chief on Nov.
\n4.<\/p>\n
\"In the military, orders must be abided by ... Objections can
\nbe lodged after eight days. (27\/rms)<\/p>",
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