President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono surely has his own way of measuring the capability of the three candidates for the top post in the Indonesian military (TNI), in the form of a shooting contest.

Held at the headquarters of state-owned arms producer PT Pindad on Tuesday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso, Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Slamet Subiyanto and Air Force Chief of Staff Marshall Djoko Suyanto scrambled to accurately shoot their targets.

Incumbent TNI commander Gen. Endriartono Sutarto opened the contest by accurately firing shots at all balloons at a range of 150 meters using a SS-2 Pindad-made rifle, before the other generals started shooting at paper targets.

The most accurate shooter turned out to be Suyanto, who managed to put three holes in the target paper from the five allocated bullets. In second place was Santoso, who secured two holes, while all of Slamet's bullets missed the target.

"Come on. This is a fit-and-proper test for securing the TNI commander's post. You should do better than that," shouted State Minister of State Enterprises Sugiharto to the candidates.

President Susilo will reportedly only be submitting one name for the new TNI chief to the House of Representatives later this month. Rendi Akhmad Witular/The Jakarta Post/Bandung