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Army Commander: No change in the set up before election

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Antara - February 18, 1997

Jakarta – The Indonesian Army Commander Gen R Hartono has reaffirmed there will be no changes in the set up of the regional military territory commanders before the upcoming general election.

"There is no regional military commander entering retirement age before the general election, so there won't be any change of the set up," Hartono told journalists here Monday.

However, he admitted that if there is a commander making a mistake, he should be changed. "But not one has made a mistake or needs to be changed right now." Rumours on a plan to change the set up in the army has been raised among the public recently, considering some of them have been holding the position quite long while some others are approaching retirement age. On inquiries about any possible change of the post he has been holding since February 1995, Hartono said curtly: "It's up to the President."

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