Police Asked Not To Take Sides And Neutrality In The 2024 Election

Illustration of members of the National Police (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) Poengky Indarti reminded the National Police to maintain neutrality ahead of the 2024 General Election (Pemilu) and increase professionalism in duty. "In the future, the police must be able to prove that the police will be neutral. Because this is approaching political years, yes, the police must be neutral," said Poengky, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, July 2. Poengky asked the Police to improve professionalism in their duties and not injure people's hearts through a luxurious lifestyle. Then don't then model-models (cases) cheat, then until viral such models. Then become criminal backing-backing, then ask for deposit money, and so on," said Poengky.," he reminded the Indonesian Political Indicator survey which shows that the Police want the Police to immediately eradicate illegal levies or extortion. "So, there should not be any extortion. Service performance must be further improved," he said. Previously, Indonesian Political Indicator Burhanuddin Muhdi explained that the level of public trust in the Police has recovered since the case that hit the former Head of Propam Polri Inspector General Pol. Ferdy Sambo and has now reached 76.4 percent.

In the future, said Burhanuddin, the public hopes that the National Police will further improve their performance and professionalism, including in protecting and providing a sense of security to the community and being fair in enforcing the law. This result is known by Indicators after conducting a survey in the range of 20-24 June 2023, placing 1,220 respondents from all provinces. Respondents are determined assuming a simple random sampling method, with a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 2.9 percent.