The name of the Seskoad Commander Maj. Gen. Feisal Tanjung began to become a hot discussion after becoming the DKM (Military Honorary Council) for the Santa Cruz Massacre in Timor Leste in 1991. President Soeharto's appointment of Feisal Tanjung at that time surprised many people because at that time the Army Chief of Staff Edi Sudrajat did not recommend his name as a candidate for the DKM chairman. The most tangible results of the DKM recommendations were the removal of General Maj. Gen. Sintong Panjaitan - one of the officers who shined at that time - from the post of Udayana Military Commander. In addition, Brigadier General Rudolf Warouw was also dismissed from the Commander of the East Timor Operations Command with Captain Choki Aritonang and several of his subordinates as executing officers in the field. Everything was removed as a reaction of the government was adopting international demands for the responsibility for riots in Santa Cruz, East Timor which tarnished the image of the Republic of Indonesia at that time. While serving as Commander of the Armed Forces, there was friction between the stronghold of General TNI Feisal Tanjung and the stronghold of TNI General R. Hartono (KSAD), as well as rumors of the classification of ABRI Hijau and ABRI Merah Putih.