Two new military command chiefs of staff installed
Two new military command chiefs of staff installed
JAKARTA (JP): Brig. Gen. Achmad Yahya and Brig. Gen. Albert
Inkiriwang were installed on Tuesday as the new chiefs of staff
of the Jakarta Military Command and the Jakarta Garrison
respectively.
The two were installed by Jakarta Military Commander Maj. Gen.
Djadja Suparman, who is also the garrison's commander, in a
ceremony held at the command's East Jakarta headquarters.
Yahya, who was formerly chief of staff at the garrison,
replaced Maj. Gen. Sudi Silalahi, who has been promoted to
Assistant to the Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief of Sociopolitical
Affairs. Sudi replaced Maj. Gen. Mardiyanto, who was appointed
Governor of Central Java.
Born on Oct. 11, 1948, Yahya graduated from the National
Military Academy in 1971.
Albert, who was born on Sept. 19, 1949, was in the staff of
the assistant to the Army chief of staff for general planning
before being appointed as the garrison's chief of staff on Sept.
15.
Djadja urged the newly installed officials to open dialogs
with all parties who hold differences of opinion.
"Any differences of opinion should be led toward the same
vision. There are certain parties, for example, who want to push
their aspirations by exercising force and using unconstitutional
means," he said.
"Whatever happens, you should find a solution that is in the
nation's interest, using a sincere heart and clear mind," he said
in his speech.
Among those present at the ceremony were Chief of Staff of the
Army's Strategic Reserves Command Maj. Gen. Ryamizard, Deputy
Jakarta Governor for Development Affairs Abdul Kahfi and the
deputy chief of the city police, Brig. Gen. Sutanto.
Both Yahya and Albert expressed gratitude over their new
appointments.
"I am ready to receive criticism from Bapak commander so that
I can perform well in this post," Yahya said.
He later asked to be called by his last name, Yahya, not his
first as is customary.
"If you call me Achmad, I might not turn my head to you
because ever since I was a child, people have called me Yahya. I
have never been called Achmad," he said.
Albert recalled that he found difficulty discovering what
"Kasgartap", the acronym for his new post, stood for when news of
his promotion was first announced.
"I asked my colleagues in the Army headquarters, but nobody
knew. They gave diplomatic answers, such as 'I don't know what it
is because I have never had the job," he said.
Albert said that he eventually found what the acronym stood
for from a low ranking garrison officer. The acronym is actually
short for "Kepala Staff Garnisun Tetap" (permanent chief of staff
of the garrison). (ivy)