Promotion, Demotion and Internal Reforms in TNI

As usual, any changes in the Indonesian Military (TNI) attract attention from the media and public. Observers busily map which camp a promoted or demoted officer belongs to. This is reasonable. People from all layers of society are used to a black and white perspective: If it’s not A, then it will be B. But there’s a possibility it may be C, D, X or others.

Such a black and white view can be misleadin