Knock! DPR Approves Komjen Listyo Sigit To Be National Police Chief

JAKARTA - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) approved Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo to become the new National Police Chief to replace General Idham Azis who will retire. This approval is given through the DPR Plenary Session.

This approval decision was given after Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Ahmad Sahroni, read the report on the results of the fit and proper test which was conducted on Wednesday, January 20 yesterday.

"Can the DPR Commission III report on the results of the due diligence on the National Police chief candidate be approved?" said the Chairman of the DPR, Puan Maharani, who chaired the plenary session at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, January 21.

"Agreed," replied the board member who was present who was then greeted by Puan Maharani's hammering.

There were 342 members of the board who participated in the plenary session, 91 were present offline and 204 online

Meanwhile, the number of board members who did not attend this meeting due to permission was 47 people.

As previously reported, Commission III of the DPR approved Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo as the Chief of Police who will replace Idham Azis. Furthermore, the name of Komjen Listyo Sigit to be brought to the paripuna meeting so that a second level decision can be made by the DPR RI.

In making decisions, all factions in Commission III of the DPR approved Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo as the new National Police Chief and approved the honorable dismissal of General Idham Azis as Chief of Police.

"Based on the considerations of the views and notes conveyed by the final factions, the leadership and members of the DPR Commission III agreed to the honorific dismissal of the National Police Chief on behalf of Police General Idham Azis and approved the appointment of Police Commissioner General Listyo Sigit as Chief of Police," said Commission III Chairman. DPR Herman Hery while reading out the final decision, Wednesday, January 20.

In the fit and proper test, Komjen Listyo brought up the concept of a precise police. Meanwhile, precision is an acronym for the word predictive, responsibility, transparency and justice.

"I will carry out the transformation of the Polri by transforming into a polri that is predictive, responsive, and transparent with justice which we introduce with the concept of a precise Polri," said Listyo when presenting his paper.

In addition, he also explained a number of things he would do later after being inaugurated, such as establishing a national police hotline, implementing e-ticketing so that the Traffic Police would no longer need conventional ticketing to prevent irregularities, and thus creating a virtual police to provide education to netizen.

Not only that, he also touched on how to prevent terrorism in society and how to practice the law that is equal for all parties. This includes following the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) regarding the shooting of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) army in December 2020.