REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, AMBON -- Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) General Moeldoko has reminded all military personnel to maintain neutrality in the presidential election scheduled to be held on July 9, 2014.
"I and the National Police chief are going everywhere to remind all military officers to maintain neutrality in the presidential election. I must be confident of what the officers are doing on field with the objective of emphasizing the TNI neutrality," General Moeldoko stated here on Tuesday.
He also called on the public to always trust the TNI.
"Please trust us because we will be neutral. None of our officers will use the political party's resources," he emphasized before several military officers posted in Maluku.
General Moeldoko and National Police Chief General Sutarman arrived in Maluku on Monday to check the preparations for the upcoming presidential election.
The two generals held a meeting with military and police personnel at the Waehaong Islamic Center on Tuesday, to give directives and guidance to the TNI and police personnel concerning security measures before the upcoming presidential election.
Indonesia will organize a free and democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by only two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla.
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the chairman of Gerindra (Great Indonesia Movement) Party, while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is the governor of Jakarta and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla (JK), is a former vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.
The Jokowi-JK pair is supported by five political parties: PDIP, the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the Justice and Indonesian Unity Party (PKPI), and the National Democratic Party (Nasdem) established by Surya Paloh, who owns Metro TV and the Media Indonesia newspaper.
The Prabowo-Hatta duo is supported by Gerindra, PAN, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the United Development Party (PPP), the Moon and Star Party (PBB), and the Golkar Party, whose current chairman is Aburizal Bakrie, the owner of TV One.
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