Christian Police Chief Candidate, Military Observer: Indonesia's Plus Value In The Eyes Of The World

JAKARTA - Military and intelligence observer Susaningtyas Kertopati said that the emergence of Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo as the sole candidate for Chief of Police, with a Christian background will be a plus for Indonesia in the eyes of the world.

"This proves that Indonesia is not a religious country. Indonesia with its Unity in Diversity and high tolerance has a National Police Chief who is not from the majority religion," said Nuning, Susaningtyas' close friend when contacted in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, January 13. .

According to him, Komjen Listyo, who currently serves as Kabareskrim, fulfills a number of strategic requirements as the National Police Chief replacing General Idham Azis.

"His humble and clever listening attitude will be of great use in carrying out his duties as TB1 (Kapolri)," he said.

Future police chief candidates must be professional and follow trends in crime or security disturbances, and understand laws and regulations.

"Crime and security disturbances are increasingly sophisticated and are continuously being modified, including street crimes. The National Police Chief must follow these developments. The next condition is that he is not political but understands political developments," said Nuning.

Candidates for the National Police must also be responsive to phenomena that can lead to national disintegration. Especially, groups, both right and left, who want to change the ideology and form of the state.

Then what the new National Police Chief needs to do is to understand the threat to domestic security and its effects to foreign countries, to understand the strategic territorial environment such as the dangers of terrorism, radicalism, drugs, street crime / crime.

In addition, added Nuning, along with the development of the internet of things "(IoT), the next priority of the National Police Chief is to strengthen cyber security.

"Currently, hacking into critical infrastructure, stealing strategic data, espionage, propaganda on social media, terrorism and various other cyber threats has been taking place in various parts of the world. Therefore, many countries are formulating strategies to deal with cyber threats," he said. his.

Kabareskrim Polri, Komjen Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo was formally proposed as the sole National Police candidate by President Jokowi based on Presidential Letter (Surpres) No. R-02 / Pres / 01/2021 conveyed by the Minister of State Secretary Pratikno to the Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament, Puan Maharani, in parliament, Wednesday.