Pemilu 2014, TNI Siagakan 30 Ribu Personel
Gen. Moeldoko: Indonesian Military Deploys 30,000 Personnel to Secure Election
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Panglima TNI, Jenderal Moeldoko mengatakan Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) menyiagakan 30 ribu personil untuk mengamankan pelaksanaan pemilihan umum (pemilu) yang berlangsung 9 April dan 9 Juli 2014 di seluruh Indonesia.
"Personil yang sudah siaga 30 ribu prajurit. Tetapi ada pasukan yang stand by di asrama," kata Panglima TNI, Jenderal TNI Moeldoko, saat acara Coffee Morning di Mabes TNI, Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur, Jumat.
Moeldoko mengaku dirinya telah mengirimkan surat perintah siaga sejak 4 April 2014 hingga waktu yang ditentukan untuk pengamanan pemilu. Sifat personil siaga di sini artinya, baru akan bergerak jika diminta oleh pihak kepolisian.
"Jika polisi meminta, saat itu juga akan bergerak," tuturnya seraya mengatakan terdapat low intensity conflict, medium intensity conflict, dan high intensity conflict.
Moeldoko menyebutkan, untuk masalah konflik yang rendah hingga konflik medium, masih dipegang oleh Polri untuk mengamankan.Tapi kalau sudah intensitas konflik yang tinggi, maka TNI pasti atas dasar kalkulasi itu akan dikerahkan.
"Sikap TNI jelas, pertaruhkan segalanya untuk jaga keamanan negeri ini. Kalau situasi ini dalam kondisi kami kalkulasi bahayakan negara Panglima TNI berdiri paling depan," tegas Moeldoko.
Ia menambahkan, TNI juga akan ikut membantu mengamankan para capres. Pengamanan para capres ini menjadi perhatian serius presiden.
"Secara hukum, TNI hanya mengamankan presiden dan mantan presiden dan wakil presiden. TNI secara hukum belum punya tugas mengamankan capres. Tapi bukan tidak mau tahu, pengamanan sudah kita lakukan," ujar Moeldoko tanpa menjelaskan lebih lanjut pengamanan seperti apa yang telah dilakukannya.
Jakarta (B2B) - General Moeldoko, the Indonesian Military Commander stated the military had prepared 30 thousand personnel to secure the general elections that will be held on April 9 and July 9 of 2014.
"We had prepared about 30 thousand soldiers. However, there will be some soldiers who will stand by in the base," Moeldoko said here on Friday.
According to the general, the Indonesian Military (TNI) had instructed the soldiers to prepare for securing the general elections since April 4, 2014, until an unspecified time.
The status of the security effort by the TNI for the general elections will depend on the coordination with the Indonesian Police.
"The TNI will assist in the security effort if the police force asked the military to secure the event," Moeldoko said.
There were three levels of status that were the parameters of security, such as low-intensity conflict, medium-intensity conflict and high-intensity conflict. The general added that the low-to-medium intensity conflicts were still controlled by the Indonesian Police.
"The TNI will be deployed when the status had reached the level of a high-intensity conflict," he said.
Moeldoko added that the Indonesian Military will conduct all efforts to secure the nation. "When there are problems to the national security, then the TNI Commander will be standing at the front line," he said.
The TNI will also help in securing the presidential candidates who campaign in the different regions in Indonesia. He said the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had also focused on the security effort for the presidential candidates during campaign events.
"The task of TNI was only to secure the President, the Vice President and the former presidents. Based on the regulation, TNI was not obliged to secure presidential candidates. However, we will secure the candidates for the next president," he said.
