Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
Army Chief of Staff (Chief of Staff of the Army) General Dudung Abdurachman declare rank titular lieutenant colonel Deddy Corbuzier given directly by the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan).
“It was from the Ministry of Defense and signed by the Commander of the TNI,” Dudung said detik com at the opening of a Livable House in Kalideres, West Jakarta on Tuesday (13/12).
“This is directly from the MoD, because it’s from Komcad,” he added.
Dudung confirmed that there had been coordination with him before assigning the rank of titular lieutenant colonel to Deddy Corbuzier. “Yes, (coordination), that’s right,” Dudung said.
He also explained that the rank of titular lieutenant colonel could be received by anyone who had served in a particular force unit.
“There are many titles awarded, there are also all forces. Those who served in that force. Like in the Air Force there are pilots, for example Garuda pilots were given the rank of lieutenant colonel to fly aircraft. So because they have contributed much to the strength,” he said.
Earlier, Admiral Yudo Margono said that the question of titular Lieutenant Colonel Deddy Corbuzier’s rank should be asked Dudung first because the proposed rank should have come from the force chief of staff.
“We will ask later, because that is why the proposal was initiated by the chief of staff,” Yudo said at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta.
Yudo said the assignment of rank had been approved by Dudung as army chief of staff. The commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces already knows the rank assigned.
“This was approved by the Army Chief of Staff, right? There’s the TNI commander, here, here, that’s his authority,” Yudo said.
Deddy Corbuzier received the rank of titular Army lieutenant colonel from Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto. He said the rank was also approved by TNI commander general Andika Perkasa and KSAD general Dudung Abdurachman.
Defense Minister spokesman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said the awarding of the rank of Lt. Colonel Tituler to Deddy Corbuzier (DC) is due to his ability to communicate on social media to spread nationality messages.
“Deddy was awarded this rank in consideration of the special skills needed by the TNI, namely social media communication skills, DC’s skills and ‘performance’ will assist the TNI in getting national messages out and socializing the duties of the TNI in order to to maintain the defense of the Republic of Indonesia,” said Danil.
(gil)
