Home Minister Urges Regional Governments to Support Bela Negara

Jakarta, InfoPublik – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo urged the regional governments to fully support the bela negara (state defense) program.

"The function of state defense is to defend the country from various threats and maintain the integrity of the territory," said the Minister in a written statement on Wednesday (12/19).

Minister Tjahjo explained that there are several measures for strengthening state defense program. One of them is in the form of cooperation in the wawasan kebangsaan (archipelagic outlook) education forum.

"We have formed an integrated team for handling social conflict as a state defense measure," he explained.

In addition, said the minister, the ministry had formed the Community Early Awareness Forum (FKDM) to assist state instruments in carrying out security and peace affairs.

Meanwhile, Home Ministry’s Information Center head Bahtiar said that the Ministry had encouraged regional heads to take active role in early detection of the spreading of any doctrines which could disrupt the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia.

"The function of state defense can be realized practically in daily life by all elements of society," he concluded. (Translator: Erik Limantara)