With local direct elections just around the corner, some political parties are nominating members of the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces) and the Police Force as their candidates for the contested posts of regent and mayor. A number of them are well-known and popular, like Colonel D.J. Nachrowi, a former TNI-Army Chief of General Information, who is the PDI-Ps candidate in the regency of Ogan Ilir in South Sumatra. The former Deputy Pol