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our cadets at the national police academy (Akpol) and three military schools have received the prestigious Adhi Makayasa award for being the best graduates at their respective institutions this year.

Second Lt. Angger Panduyudha from the Indonesian Military Academy (Akmil), Second Lt. Adyksa Yudistira from the Indonesian Navy Academy (AAL), Second. Lt. Dito Sigit Kuncoro from the Indonesian Air Force Academy (AAU) and Second Insp. Fauzy Pratama from Akpol received the award from President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo during a graduation ceremony held on Thursday at Bhayangkara Square in the Akpol compound in Semarang, Central Java.

During the ceremony, 793 cadets '€” 215 from Akmil, 89 from the AAU, 100 from the AAL and 389 from Akpol '€” were inaugurated as Indonesian Army, Navy, Air Force and police officers after completing a four-year training period.

Having performed the best in the academic, physical and leadership aspects of the training, the four awardees, who are in their early 20s, have one thing in common: their parents work as educators.

Angger'€™s father Iswandi and mother Dwi Supriyanti, for example, are elementary school teachers living in the remote Mulusan sub-district of Paliyan district in Gunung Kidul regency, Yogyakarta.

After graduating from junior high school, Angger, a onetime participant of the national math competition, received a scholarship to study at Taruna Nusantara High School, an elite school in Magelang, Central Java, affiliated to the Indonesian Military.

Angger said his parents'€™ hard work had motivated him to perform the best.

'€œI want to make my parents proud. This Adhi Makayasa award is a new responsibility for me,'€ he said.

Dito'€™s mother, who lives in Purworejo, Central Java, and Adyksa'€™s mother, who lives in Karanganyar, Central Java, work as vocational high school teachers in their respective hometowns. Their fathers also both work as civil servants.

Fauzy'€™s father, meanwhile, works as a badminton coach and his mother as a physician in a local community health center (Puskesmas) in Subang, West Java.

After graduating from Taruna Nusantara, Fauzy said he had applied to two state universities but had been rejected. He then applied to Akpol and was finally accepted.

Fauzy said he expected to remain close to his fellow awardees.

'€œI know them well. I hope that when we become leaders in the future, we can maintain our synergy,'€ he said.

The recipients of Adhi Makayasa award are seen as future leaders of the military and police institutions. They are expected to bring their outstanding performance at the academy to the next level after graduation.

Among the recipients of the prestigious medal are former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who graduated from Akmil in 1973, former Indonesian Military commander Gen. Moeldoko, graduated in 1981, National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti, graduated from Akpol in 1982, and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, who graduated in 1987.

Thursday'€™s inauguration ceremony was also attended by Badrodin and Indonesian Military commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, as well as families of the graduates. The ceremony was followed by heart-moving scenes as the newly graduated officers and their parents tearfully hugged each other after the event.

In his remarks, President Jokowi called on the new graduates to strengthen a familial atmosphere and avoid conflicts triggered by factional egoism deeply rooted between the Indonesian Military and the National Police institutions.

'€œDon'€™t get involved in conflicts triggered by factional egoism. Please build good communication. Strengthen a sense of togetherness and familial atmosphere between the Indonesian Military and the National Police,'€ he said.