KPU Ditetapkan Panglima TNI sebagai `Pusat Gravitasi` pada 22 Juli
Indonesian Election Commission Office Defined as a Strategic Object
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Panglima TNI Jenderal TNI Moeldoko mengimbau kepada kedua kandidat presiden dan wakil presiden, PRabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa dan Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla, untuk tidak mengumpulkan massa ke Kantor Komisi Pemilihan Umum, pada 22 Juli 2014.
Pada saat itu KPU akan menetapkan perolehan suara Pemilihan Umum Presiden dan Wakil Presiden 2014, serta menetapkan kandidat presiden dan wakil presiden terpilih.
"Imbauan saya juga sama (dengan KPU), mudah-mudahan teman-teman dari kedua belah pihak tidak berbondong-bondong ke KPU. Percayakan pada mekanisme yang ada, kita akan kawal KPU bekerja senetral mungkin. Itu sudah harapan bangsa," tutur Panglima di Markas Besar TNI, Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur, Jumat (18/7/2014).
Moeldoko menambahkan, kondisi keamanan KPU saat ini sampai pada 22 Juli amatlah penting. "Saya Panglima TNI memosisikan KPU saat ini sebagai center of gravity (pusat gravitasi). Sebagai objek strategis dalam konteks pemilu saya posisikan seperti itu," ujarnya.
Mantan Kepala Staf TNI Angkata Darat itu menambahkan, seluruh prajurit TNI akan selalu siap siaga menjaga proses demokrasi yang berlangsung lima tahun sekali ini. Tak hanya prajurit di ibu kota negara, pasukan di daerah juga siap digerakan jika perlu.
"Kekuatan sangat banyak, saya tidak bisa sebutkan, prinsipnya semua kita kerahkan," imbuhnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Military Commander, General Moeldoko, said the General Elections Commission (KPU) has been positioned as strategic object on the occasion of Presidential Election 2014, therefore it required extra security.
"On my capacity as the commander, I have positioned KPU as the national strategic object. Hence, we have to fully protect it, and principally, all Indonesian military forces will be mobilized," said General Moeldoko here on Friday.
General Moeldoko said during his visit to the presidential election 2014 special forces training at the Indonesian Military headquarter in Cilangkap, Jakarta, that he had not calculated the scale of threats, but more into the risks during the vote counting process.
"We have prepared for the worst," he affirmed.
According to Moeldoko, threats can come from anywhere, and any faction that makes a negative move will be considered a threat. The military commander also appealed to the public to remain calm and trust the Indonesian Military, as well as the Indonesian Police, who had secured the situation during post-presidential election period.
"We will mobilize all the forces to secure the post-election period. We hope the public will not underestimate our efforts in protecting them," he said.
Moeldoko has asked both the presidential candidates supporters, in particular, not to hold mass gathering at the KPU building and to trust the mechanism.
