Jakarta – The government, TNI, Polri and other relevant stakeholders held a call for the 2022 Candle Operation Troop to secure the Christmas and New Year (Nataru) celebrations at Monas Square, Jakarta, Thursday, (22/12).
During this activity, Kapolri Gen Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo ensured that all TNI-Polri personnel and other related parties were ready to provide a sense of security and comfort for the celebration of Christmas and New Year (Nataru) to the public.
“Today we are carrying out a joint deployment call from the TNI, Polri and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that personnel are ready to carry out security activities and also of course the readiness of infrastructure or defense equipment,” said the Kapolri.
The call for the troop deployment itself, said the Kapolri, was a follow-up to instructions from Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who instructed the TNI, Polri and their staff to ensure that Christmas and New Years were held safely without any disturbances.
In securing Nataru, the Kapolri revealed that a total of 166,322 joint personnel were deployed to ensure that Christmas and New Year celebrations throughout Indonesia run safely and conducively.
The hundreds of thousands of personnel, said the Kapolri, will be deployed to security posts, service posts and integrated posts throughout Indonesia, in order to further establish a safe, peaceful and conducive situation throughout the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
“And of course this is joint personnel. Then it is also divided into security posts, service posts and integrated posts. So then we hope that all the posts that are held can really provide a sense of security and comfort,” he said.
On the other hand, the Kapolri also continues to remind the public to carry out booster vaccinations. Remember, until now the Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing. In Operation Lilin 2022, vaccination booths are also prepared for residents who want to do booster vaccinations.
“Then of course because of Covid-19, even though it has entered PPKM level I, with the new variant, apart from urging the public to carry out booster vaccinations, we are still preparing vaccine outlets,” said the Kapolri.
Going deeper, the Kapolri also stressed, in carrying out security at Christmas places of worship or churches, the apparatus carried out synergy with the NU Banser and the Muhammadiyah Military Command.
“As well as all mass organizations or OKP in their respective regions and this shows the solidarity and synergy that exist in Indonesia,” he said.
Not only that, the Kapolri has also instructed the ranks of the Special Detachment (Densus) 88 Anti-terror Police to take maximum precautions and efforts to prevent potential terror occurrences when Christmas and New Year activities take place.
“So that the whole series of security for places of worship, and activities entering the 2023 New Year, the whole community can really be safe from threats and disturbances,” he said.
In order to further create a sense of security for residents, the Kapolri also appealed to all people to be able to report to Babinsa, Bhabinkamtibmas, to the RT, when they want to leave their homes while celebrating the year-end holiday momentum.
“So then we can carry out patrol activities to anticipate not arriving, because the house was left for a long time then security problems occur, so please report it and we will make it our patrol route,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Panglima TNI, Admiral Yudo Margono, said that his party had deployed 20,000 soldiers from three dimensions of the TNI to secure Christmas and New Year throughout Indonesia.
“Of course, in addition to providing security personnel, we are also preparing material defense equipment, including three hospital ships, we are on standby to anticipate the implementation of this Nataru,” Admiral Yudo stated. bembo
Kapolri Gen. Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo and Panglima TNI Admiral Yudo Margono inspect troops for the 2022 Lilin Operation Call
