Agus Widjojo, Governor, National Resilience Institute: We Are Too Dependent on TNI
The army’s role in the recent sweeping operation to bring down the banners bearing Islam Defenders’ Front leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab around Jakarta unsettled Agus Widjojo, governor of National Defense Institute (Lemhannas).
Tempo
December 14, 2020
AGUS said the sweep ordered by Maj. Gen. Dudung Abdurrachman, the Jayakarta district military command’s commander, went beyond the military’s jurisdiction. “TNI (Indonesian Military) can’t launch actions on its own,” Agus, 73, said in a special interview with Tempo at his office last Tuesday, December 8.
Agus pointed out that it was the job of the regional government or the police to regulate billboards and ban
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