ABRI begins another round of reshuffles

JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) announced top personnel changes yesterday, affecting 85 officers in all the branches of service -- the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the National Police.

Among the agencies affected are the Sriwijaya Regional Military Command, the Army Strategic Reserves Command, ABRI's Intelligence Agency, the Presidential Guard Force and the Eastern Armada Naval Command, Antara reported.

Maj. Gen. Yunus Yosfiah, the chief of the Sriwijaya Command, was promoted to the post of commander of the Army Staff and Command College. He replaces Maj. Gen. Theo Syafei, who is now serving as a member of the House of Representatives.

The new Sriwijaya chief is Brig. Gen. R. Karyono.

In the Army Strategic Reserves Command, Brig. Gen. Sridono has been appointed as chief of staff to fill Karyono's previous post. Col. Ismed Yuzairi has been appointed chief of that command's First Division of Infantry to replace Brig. Gen. Johny Lumintang, who is undergoing further education.

Col. Sugiono, currently an adjutant to President Soeharto, has been promoted to head the Presidential Guard Force to replace Brig. Gen. Siradjuddin P.

Within ABRI's Intelligence Agency, Col. Tyasno Sudarto and Commodore Saleh Budiono were appointed Directors C and D, respectively, replacing Brig. Gen. Slamet Singgih and Brig. Gen. Mengko Abraham Johannes.

Col. Slamet Kirbiantoro was appointed as the intelligence agency's Chief of the Intelligence Unit to replace Brig. Gen. Sudiyono.

Commodore Bambang Suryanto, the Navy's director of operations and training, has been promoted to the post of commander of the Eastern Indonesia Naval Armada to replace Rear Admiral Gofar Soewarno.

In all, 47 Army officers, 15 Navy, 12 Air Force and 11 National Police officers were affected by the reshuffle, the first of many changes now being planned in the military. (emb)