Jakarta military get new spokesman

Jakarta military get new spokesman

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso
installed four new officials Wednesday, including new spokesman
Lt. Col. Djazairi Nachrowi, who replaced Lt. Col. Didi Supandi.

Sutiyoso said spokesmen played an important and strategic role
in explaining the military command's security policies.

"The role becomes more important and strategic because in the
globalization era information technology is advancing," he said
at a ceremony at the City Military Command headquarters in East
Jakarta.

The two star-general hoped the new spokesman could maintain a
good relationship with the media, especially television, which he
described as a weapon to ensure balance and accurate information.

Nachrowi, 44, a former official in the command's social and
political department said he would try to hold on to what his
predecessor, Didi Supandi, had achieved.

Didi, who became spokesman in 1993, has been promoted to
deputy head of the city's social and political affairs office.

Nachrowi, a graduate of the state-run Islamic Institute in
Palembang, South Sumatra, is married with three children.

The other new officials are the head of the data and
information processing department, Lt. Col. Iwan Suprapto, the
head of the maintenance department Lt. Col. M. Simanjuntak, and
the detachment commander at the military command headquarters,
Lt. Col. Nur Suhasah. (jun)