POPULAR NATIONAL TNI Commander Allows PKI Descendants to Register for TNI | BLT Liquid Cooking Oil April 2022

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TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa allowed descendants of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to enlist in the army.

Andika’s statement then drew responses from a number of parties, such as the MPR and Amnesty.

Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) announced that the government would distribute direct cash assistance (BLT) for cooking oil of IDR 300,000 starting April 2022.

This assistance was given in the aftermath of soaring cooking oil prices in the market.

Also read: General Andika Perkasa Removes Conditions Regarding PKI Descendants in TNI Recruitment, This Is What Observers Say

Also read: Reaction of Politicians, Human Rights Activists to Observers on General Andika’s Permission to Allow PKI Descendants to Become TNI

Summarized Tribunnews.comSaturday (4/3/2022), here are the popular national news that you can check out:

1. The MPR said about the TNI Commander Allowing PKI Descendants to Register for Soldiers

Deputy Chairperson of the MPR, Ahmad Basarah, commented regarding the viral video of the TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa correcting the rules regarding descendants of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) being prohibited from registering as a candidate for TNI soldiers in 2022.

Quoted from mpr.go.idAhmad emphasized that TAP XXV/MPRS/1966 was related to the disbandment of the PKI and the statement that it was a banned organization in Indonesia.

The TAP also prohibits the spread and development of communism or Marxism-Leninism.

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