Defence Ministry: Retirees Give Positive Response to Government Programme
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Head of the Defence Information Bureau (Karo Infohan) of the Ministry of Defence’s Secretariat General, Brigadier General TNI Rico Ricardo Sirait, stated that the majority of retirees have given a positive response to the defence programmes built during President Prabowo Subianto’s leadership.
Sirait made this statement after Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, along with high-ranking TNI officials, invited the retirees to a closed meeting at the Ministry of Defence office in Central Jakarta on Friday.
“Most of them responded positively after receiving explanations from the Minister and the TNI Chief of Staff regarding future strength development,” said Sirait.
Sirait explained that during the meeting, Sjafrie detailed various ongoing defence strategies, such as the food resilience programme and the construction of territorial development battalions (BTP).
Additionally, Sjafrie also addressed recent defence issues in Indonesia, one of which is the Letter of Intent (LoI) or statement of intent regarding US-requested airspace transit permissions.
In response, the retirees provided inputs and analyses to Sjafrie to ensure the programmes run more optimally.
“Of course, the retirees have considerations and very good analyses,” he clarified.
Sirait himself did not detail the specific analyses and inputs given by the retirees to Sjafrie at the forum.
Sirait only assured that all suggestions, criticisms, and analyses from the retirees will become one of the government’s considerations in determining future strategic steps.
“Going forward, they will be part of evaluations, improvements, or inputs in developing national defence policies,” explained Sirait.
It is known that the meeting was attended by TNI Chief of Staff General TNI Agus Subiyanto and three service chiefs, namely Army Chief of Staff General TNI Maruli Simanjuntak, Navy Chief of Staff Admiral TNI Muhammad Ali, and Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal TNI Mohamad Tonny Harjono.
The following is the list of TNI retirees who attended the meeting.
Army Branch (TNI AD)
General TNI (Ret.) Wiranto
General TNI (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo
General TNI (Ret.) Andika Muhammad Perkasa
General TNI (Ret.) Agustadi Sasongko
General TNI (Ret.) Dudung Abdurachman
General TNI (Ret.) Agum Gumelar
Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Kiki Syahnakri
Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Valentinus Suhartono Suratman
General TNI (Ret.) Djamari Chaniago
Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Fadillah
Lieutenant General TNI (Ret.) Bambang Darmono
Navy Branch (TNI AL)
Admiral TNI (Ret.) Agus Suhartono
Admiral TNI (Ret.) Yudo Margono
Admiral TNI (Ret.) Siwi Sukma Adji
Admiral TNI (Ret.) Marsetio
Admiral TNI (Ret.) Ade Supandi
Rear Admiral TNI (Ret.) Mar. Muhammad Alfan Baharudin
Air Force Branch (TNI AU)
Marshal TNI (Ret.) Djoko Suyanto
Marshal TNI (Ret.) Imam Sufaat
Marshal TNI (Ret.) Ida Bagus Putu Dunia
Marshal TNI (Ret.) Agus Supriatna
Air Vice Marshal TNI (Ret.) Imran Baidirus
Air Vice Marshal TNI (Ret.) Hadiyan Sumintaatmadja