Article: PRESIDENT TO FORWARD ONE CANDIDATE FOR TNI COMMANDER.

Jakarta, Jan 13 (ANTARA) _ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will forward only one candidate for the post of Military commander to the House of Representative (DPR) in mid this month, according to presidential spokesman Andi Malarangeng. Pursuant to Law No.34 year 2004 on the Indonesian National Military (TNI), the President proposes only one name as a candidate for the post of TNI commander to the DPR.

The appointment of only one candidate for the post of TNI commander as stipulated in Law No.24 is based on a number of considerations, such as maintaining TNI solidity and preventing the top position in the TNI from becoming a political commodity. ...

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