Kodam II Sriwijaya Sergap Penimbun Pupuk Bersubsidi
Hoarders Fertilizer Ambushed by Indonesian Army
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Sabak, Jambi (B2B) - Panglima Kodam II Sriwijaya, Mayjen TNI Iskandar MS menegaskan komitmennya mendukung pencapaian swasembada pangan dengan mengawal penyaluran pupuk subsidi kepada para petani di Sumatera bagian selatan. Salah satu Kodim di wilayahnya berhasil menyergap di suatu tempat yang berupaya menimbun pupuk, dan salah seorang prajurit TNI dicurigai menyalahgunakan distribusi pupuk dan kini sedang diusut oleh Pomdam Sriwijaya.
"Salah satu Kodim menyergap di satu tempat, ternyata ada upaya penimbunan pupuk. Modusnya dia ambil dari tiap karung ke karung lain, maksudnya untuk mengurangi bobot pupuk setelah diperiksa kita serahkan ke polisi. Sementara prajurit saya baru dicurigai dan sedang diperiksa provost," kata Mayjen TNI Iskandar MS saat mendampingi kunjungan kerja Menteri Pertanian RI Amran Sulaiman di Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi, Rabu.
Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Pangdam II Sriwijaya memperkenalkan para komandan dari setiap korps TNI di Kodam II Sriwijaya. Mulai dari asisten logistik, asisten teritorial hingga komandan zeni dan perhubungan kepada Mentan Amran Sulaiman, Wakil Gubernur Jambi H Fachrori Umar dan Bupati Tanjung Jabung Timur, Zumi Zola Zulkifli.
"Ini asisten teritorial Kodam II Sriwijaya yang paling bertanggung jawab mengawal pupuk subsidi, kalau ada masalah dia yang duluan dipecat pak menteri," katanya lagi seraya bergurau.
Sebelumnya, Presiden RI Joko Widodo memerintahkan kepada para panglima komando daerah militer (Kodam), para komandan di komando resort militer (Korem), para komandan di komando distrik militer (Kodim) untuk membantu tugas-tugas pemerintah daerah khususnya pencapaian target swasembada pangan nasional.
Presiden Joko Widodo menegaskan hal itu di hadapan sekitar 363 perwira menengah dan perwira tinggi TNI AD dari seluruh Indonesia pada apel komandan satuan TNI AD di perkebunan sawit Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah, Jumat pekan lalu. Hadir pada kesempatan tersebut Panglima TNI Jenderal TNI Moeldoko, Menteri Pertanian Andi Amran Sulaiman, Kepala Staf TNI AD Jenderal TNI Gatot Nurmantyo, Gubernur Kaliman Tengah Teras Narang.
Jokowi menambahkan, pemerintah menargetkan pencapaian swasembada pangan dalam kurun waktu tiga tahun dan meminta TNI AD dapat mendukung program pemerintah tersebut dengan memanfaatkan lahan yang tersedia.
Sabak, Jambi (B2B) - Commander of Military Area Command of Sriwijaya, Army Major General Iskandar MS confirms its commitment to support the achievement of food self-sufficiency, to oversee the distribution of subsidized fertilizer to farmers in southern Sumatra. His troops ambushed hoarding fertilizer subsidies, and a TNI soldier suspected of abusing his authority and now being investigated by the provost.
"One of the district military command ambushed an effort hoarding of fertilizer subsidies. The modus operandi he took from each bag of fertilizer, reducing its weight, upon inspection handed over to the police. While my soldiers are suspected and is being examined by the provost," said Major General Iskandar MS when accompanying a working visit Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman in East Tanjung Jabung, of Jambi, on Wednesday.
On the occasion, Mr Iskandar introduces the commanders of each army corps under his command. Starting from the logistics assistant, assistant territorial, and commander of engineer.
"It´s my territorial assistant, who is responsible oversee distribution of fertilizer subsidy, if there is a problem he who first fired," Mr Iskandar added.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered the commanders of military regional commands, commanders the military resort, commanders of the military district to to support local governments particularly achievement of food self-sufficiency.
Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, ordered 363 middle-ranking and senior officers of Indonesian army across Indonesia in military ceremony n palm oil plantation in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan province end of last week. Also attended Armed Forces Commander Gen. Moeldoko, Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman, Chief of Staff of Indonesian Army Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, Central Kalimantan Governor Teras Narang.
Jokowi added, the Indonesian government targets the achievement of food self-sufficiency in three years, and asked Indonesian Army to support the government´s program to utilizing the of land available.
