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AHY Insists TNI, Police and Civil Servants Must Remain Neutral During Elections

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

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  • Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono called on Indonesia's military, police, intelligence agencies, law enforcers and civil servants to remain professional and politically neutral during elections.
  • He said reform-era lessons should ensure that power remains subject to oversight, the law is applied fairly and corruption is resisted.
  • Yudhoyono said all election participants should receive fair treatment and that winners should prevail through public trust, not official intervention.

Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono used the Democratic Party's 25th anniversary political speech to press for neutrality across Indonesia's state apparatus during elections.

The TNI, Polri, intelligence agencies, law enforcers, civil servants and all state officials must be professional and neutral, including in every election. They belong to the people, to all of us.

· Agus Harimurti YudhoyonoHe called for political neutrality among Indonesia's state institutions during elections.

He said the military, police, intelligence agencies, law enforcers, civil servants and other state officials must stand above political factions. “The TNI, Polri, intelligence agencies, law enforcers, civil servants and all state officials must be professional and neutral, including in every election. They belong to the people, to all of us,” AHY said at the party's central Jakarta headquarters on Saturday, September 5.

Yudhoyono linked the demand to the reform movement that shaped the Democratic Party. He said the period's history should not be repeated as a time of crisis, but studied to ensure that power remains under scrutiny and popular sovereignty is respected. “We remember history not to return to the past, but to draw lessons for the future. Power must be monitored. The law must apply fairly. Corruption must be fought. And popular sovereignty must be protected and respected,” he said.

We remember history not to return to the past, but to draw lessons for the future. Power must be monitored. The law must apply fairly. Corruption must be fought. And popular sovereignty must be protected and respected.

· Agus Harimurti YudhoyonoHe described the lessons he said Indonesia should draw from the reform era.

He also argued that state facilities should serve the public interest and that election contestants should compete without interference from officials. “Every election participant must receive fair treatment. Whoever wins must win because they have gained the people's trust, and whoever loses must respect the will of the people,” AHY said.

Every election participant must receive fair treatment. Whoever wins must win because they have gained the people's trust, and whoever loses must respect the will of the people.

· Agus Harimurti YudhoyonoHe said election outcomes should reflect public trust rather than official intervention.
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