Jokowi Invites Retired Soldiers to Meeting on Latest Situation
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31 May 2019 16:07 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said President Joko Widodo or Jokowi would meet this afternoon with a number of retired members of the Indonesian Military (TNI)—some of them were ex-soldiers of the Army’s Special Forces (Kopassus)—at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.
“Yes, he [Jokowi] would meet with Widjoyo Suyono, Wismoyo Arismunandar, Sintong Pandjaitan, Rais Abin, and chairmen of PP (retired soldiers association] from the Army, the Navy and the Air Force,” he said at the Presidential Complex in Jakarta on Friday, May 31, 2019.
Widjoyo was the sixth Kopassus commander from 1967-1970, while Wismoyo Arismunandar was the ninth Kopassus commander since April 1983 who was later succeeded by Sintong Pandjaitan in May 1985.
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“Perhaps in the past days there were retired military personnel who had different viewpoints on the present government, so we hope this meeting with the seniors could become a bridge of communication,” he said.
The former TNI commander added the May 21-22 rioting was among the potential issues discussed in the meeting. “I think that is one of them,” Moeldoko said.
AHMAD FAIZ IBNU SANI
