Widodo TNI chief until 2004

Widodo TNI chief until 2004

JAKARTA: The controversy over the replacement of Adm. Widodo
A.S. as Commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI) continued with
TNI spokesman Rear Marshal Graito Usodo saying on Thursday that
there would be no replacement of the post of TNI chief until
2004.

"The term of the present TNI chief, according to the valid TNI
chief decree, will expire in 2004," Graito said in response to
rumors about the impending replacement of Widodo.

According to him, the rumors had originated from certain
observers, who had been misinformed.

"Anyway, the replacement issue has only been rumored outside
the military establishment," he said.