[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Analysts criticize military elite for superior attitude
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Analysts criticize military elite for superior attitude
Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Analysts believe stronger public pressure is needed to push through internal
reform in the Indonesian Military (TNI), which they contend has been hindered
by a feeling of superiority among its leaders.
J. Kristiadi, a military analyst from the Centre for Strategic International
Studies (CSIS), said the recent discovery of an arms stash at a home of
deceased Brig. Gen. Koesmayadi reflected not only weak weaponry supervision
among the military elite, but mainly the poor management of arms procurement.
"It is unfair to blame only Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono for the lack of
accountability and intransparent arms procurement because, besides having to
face a corrupt bureaucracy, including in his office and the military
institution, it is also not easy for him to control the military elite," he
told The Jakarta Post on Friday in response to criticism from several
legislators about Juwono's supposed lack of courage in pushing through reform.
"Despite the law, the military itself has been reluctant to yield to civilian
supremacy. The feeling of superiority has positioned servicemen as first-class
citizens, a special status that apparently allows them to do anything according
to their own will."
Kristiadi termed the reluctance to accept civilian supremacy, including in its
reorganization under the Defense Ministry and not allowing servicemen to be
tried by civilian courts, to be an act of insubordination by the elite in
rejecting the requirements of the 2004 law on the military.
"There is a psychological reason for the TNI to be reluctant to comply with the
law because, besides the police having to be reorganized under the Home
Ministry, it has its own pride as a fighter force in the past."
Separately, Makmur Keliat, an international observer from the CSIS, said the
government should tightly control the transportation of arms into the country
and the operation of arms suppliers to avoid smuggling.
"Arms supplied from domestic companies and those imported through Indonesia's
partner companies must be registered in accordance with the UN convention, and
arms suppliers have to be transparent in their operations."
He noted some of the arms found in Koesmayadi's house were imported through
Singapore and were not registered with Army Headquarters.
Kristiadi and Makmur said bureaucratic collusion, especially at the immigration
and tax and excise offices, might have facilitated the illegal import of the
armaments to the country.
They also said that civilian society, especially political parties through the
legislature, had to continue pressing the government to enforce the law to make
the military professional.
"Without stronger public pressure, the military will likely be selective in
announcing the results of the ongoing investigation into the arms cache," said
Kristiadi.
Meanwhile, former information minister Yunus Yosfiah said he knew Koesmayadi
personally but he was shocked by the arms stash at his house.
"He was commandant of the Army platoon that killed East Timor president Nicolau
Lobato when I was leading the former 744th battalion assigned to launch a
military operation in the country's ex-territory in 1977. He was quite
professional," he said in a discussion.
He said he last met Koesmayadi at the Army's Special Force (Kopassus)
headquarters in 2005, when both were invited to share their experiences from
the East Timor military campaign.
Yunus, also former chief of the Udayana Military Command overseeing Bali, East
and West Nusa Tenggara, dismissed rumors that the arms would be used for a
coup, saying the case had to be probed thoroughly to avoid misleading
speculation.
The House is scheduled to hold a hearing on the arms hoard with the defense
minister and the TNI leadership Monday.
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