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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Former TNI commander Gatot Nurmantyo did not attend the Mahaputera Star award ceremony at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (11/11/2020).
Due to his absence, President Joko Widodo may not have awarded President Joko Widodo’s Mahaputera Star Mark of Honor.
This was communicated by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Heru Budi Hartono, when he was contacted, on Wednesday (11/11/2020).
“No (get a service token). So if you don’t attend, maybe the service certificate will be delivered back to the country,” Heru said.
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Heru said that Gatot had sent a letter to President Jokowi not to attend the Mahaputera Star award ceremony.
Heru said in the letter that Gatot explained various reasons for his disagreement regarding the awarding of the Mahaputera Star honor certificate amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Perhaps the content of some (things) did not agree because (now) the condition of Covid and he should pay attention to TNI, in his letter as well. That is your right, ”Heru continued.
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Earlier, Heru stated that former TNI commander Gatot Nurmantyo would attend the Mahaputera Star title ceremony at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (11/11/2020).
“(Gatot Nurmantyo) attended. I have already taken an invitation and a declaration of will to receive a show of honor,” Heru said when contacted on Tuesday (10/11/2020).
He added that the chiefs of staff of all elements of TNI in the last term will also receive a show of honor. They have been confirmed to be present at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday.
“They are there. Registered to swabHeru continued.
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As previously reported, President Jokowi will confer the title of Bintang Mahaputera to Gatot as former TNI commander for 2015-2017 and former President of the Constitutional Court (MK) Arief Hidayat.
Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said that President Joko Widodo’s plan to award Gatot Numantyo the title of Mahaputer star was the same as the previous TNI Commander-in-Chief.
He expressed it through his Twitter account, @mohmahfudmd, on Tuesday (03/11/2020).
“All former commanders and all former ministers and heads of state institutions who have served a period of time also receive Mahaputera stars. It must be given indiscriminately,” Mahfud wrote quoted by Kompas.com, Wednesday (11/4/2020).
