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Retired Lieutenant General Suryo Prabowo. Photo by Radar Cirebon / JPNN.com
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – Former TNI Chief of Staff Johannes Suryo Prabowo or JS Prabowo officially serves as Executive Chairman of the Defense Industry Policy Committee (KKIP).
JS Prabowo himself served in KKIP with the approval of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), after being nominated by Defense Minister (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto.
Later, JS Prabowo will serve in KKIP with Deputy Defense Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. JS Prabowo will help the Ministry of Defense formulate the defense industry in Indonesia.
“It is true that the president trusts Pak Suryo on the recommendation of the defense minister as executive director of the KKIP, while the deputy defense minister is ex officio,” Defense Minister spokesman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said in a brief message to the media team, on Tuesday (12/15).
According to Dahnil, it is natural for JS Prabowo to serve at KKIP. JS Prabowo is considered to understand the defense industry, having been an Indonesian army officer with brilliant achievements. Other than that, Dahnil said, JS Prabowo is a person of integrity.
“Pak Suryo is one of the people who is very familiar with the defense industry, he is one of the former Army officers who had brilliant achievements while on duty and the Defense Minister understands very well his ability in relation to the defense industry. defense, “he said.
However, RI PDR Commission I member Major General TNI (ret) TB Hasanuddin responded cynically to the appointment of JS Prabowo as Executive Director of KKIP. Because JS Prabowo was the one who criticized President Joko Widodo the most.
“For me personally, as a former TNI officer, I am ashamed to accept the position. I do not know if it is (ed. Suryo Prabowo). Also, the president of the KKIP is President Jokowi,” Hasanuddin told the media of communication this Tuesday.
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