TNI chief against leadership rotation

JAKARTA: Indonesia Military (TNI) chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto expressed rejection on Tuesday of rotating the military leadership among its three forces.

"I disagree with leadership rotation, because it means that if (the military chief is) now from the Army, the next chief must be (someone) from the Navy," he said.

Endriartono argued that the most important condition in the leadership selection was the quality of the person, regardless of which military force he or she was from.

However, the law suggests that the TNI top leadership be rotated among the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Endriartono's statement apparently implied that he wanted his successor to be from the Army like him. Current Army chief Gen. Djoko Santoso has widely been touted to replace him. --JP