Civil and Tni Cooperation in Managing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue I, January 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Civil and Tni Cooperation in Managing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia

Asep Gunawan¹, Deni D.A.R², Priyanto³, Helda Risman^4
1Indonesian Defense University student, Total War Strategy study program
²Defense University Lecturer
³Dean of the Defense Strategy, Faculty of Defense University
⁴Secretary of the Defense University, Total War Strategy Study

Abstract
This research aim was to obtain empirical and analytical data on substantive and important issues from the implementation of civil-military cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method and approach used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques carried out through observation, interviews, literature studies, as well as focus group discussions (FGD). The findings from the study indicate that TNI and Civilian cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic is quite effective, although there are still obstacles in dealing with natural disasters, in the form of a limited budget, infrastructure, quality of personnel, sectoral ego between agencies, and low public awareness. in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, what needs to be done in collaboration between ministries and related institutions is strengthening coordination, communication, and collaboration on budgets, facilities, personnel embodied in the MoU. The results in this study were also obtained through the compatibility between the ideals built with real conditions in the field which were different from previous studies. This is the novelty resulting from this research.

Keywords: Cooperation, civilian, military, countermeasures, Covid-19 pandemic

Introduction

A disaster is an event or occurrence outside normal that damages or disrupts human life and causes losses or casualties that exceed the ability of the local community to cope using only their resources. Disasters that occur in the world can be explained as an event that causes the total number of people or people affected by disasters to increase. The more advanced and heterogeneous the era, the more expensive a disaster. Poor countries and poor people are the victims with the greatest impact. The number of disasters is increasing every year.
In mid-2019 the world was shocked by the emergence of a new virus that spread from the Chinese city of Wuhan where China officially reported the presence of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019, although there was a debate that from Harvard University, by analysing satellite photos traffic around several hospitals in Wuhan, said residents there may have started to become infected since late August 2019. WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, conveyed the designation of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, on Wednesday 11 March 2020. Many countries have experienced this case. COVID-19 is similar to SARS infecting more and more people, where on Thursday morning the number reached 126,063 cases. With a total of 4,616 people killed and 67,071 people recovered (www.tribunjogja.id). In the past two weeks, the number of COVID-19 cases outside China has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled.

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