Marciano Norman, the head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), has forecast that the event would be held smoothly and no significant disruption would occur.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - National Police Chief General Sutarman announced here on Monday that he will deploy 22 thousand personnel to secure the inauguration of President-elect Joko Widodo and Vice President-elect Jusuf Kalla on October 20.

"To ensure the security of the inauguration, we plan to field more than 22 thousand personnel from the police and the military forces," he stated at State Palace.

He noted that there would be a four-tier security arrangement in place with the first one within the parliament building, the second in the yard of the building, the third in the access roads to the building, and the fourth tier will guard the centers of economic activities.

Marciano Norman, the head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), has forecast that the event would be held smoothly and no significant disruption would occur.

"There has been no indication that significant disruptions would happen at the inauguration on October 20," he asserted.

"God willing, it would run as planned, and so, do not worry," he emphasized.

In connection with this, Marciano called on all parties, including the mass media, to help create and maintain a peaceful atmosphere.

The national police chief earlier stated that they planned to deploy police personnel from seven regional police commands to help secure the event.

"The seven regional police commands that will send their personnel to Jakarta are: Central Java, West Java, East Java, Lampung, Banten, South Sulawesi, and West Kalimantan," Sutarman noted in Jakarta on Friday (Oct. 10).

He pointed out that the police have beefed up security arrangements to counter any likely disruptions by stationing their personnel.

"All eventualities have been taken into consideration, and based on that, we have prepared our personnel," he remarked.

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and former vice president Jusuf Kalla are scheduled to take over the countrys leadership from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono after they emerged victorious in the July 9 presidential election.

The pair, supported by the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the National Democrat Party (Nasdem), the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), the Peoples Conscience Party (Hanura), and the Indonesia Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) defeated the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa duo who had the support of Prabowos Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), Hattas National Mandate Party (PAN), the Golkar Party, the United Development Party (PPP), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the Crescent and Star Party (PBB).

Although the party vowed to maintain the balance of power, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos Democrat Party cadres lent their support to the Prabowo-Hatta ticket in the election.

The coalition of parties supporting Prabowo recently swept the leadership positions in the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) through a vote held following an intense debate, which triggered concerns among some quarters on whether the election of Joko Widodo, the PDIP cadre, would be disrupted.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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