Chairman Of The DPR To Komjen Listyo Sigit: Law Enforcement Does Not Wear Horse Glasses

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, reminded the three homework awaits Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo after being appointed as Chief of Police. He said, this homework was related to law enforcement, public services, and internal reform.

Regarding law enforcement, Puan reminded Listyo to prioritize law enforcement with restorative justice. Law, he continued, should not be applied like wearing horse glasses or not considering other aspects.

"Upholding the law so that there is restorative justice. Law enforcement does not use horse glasses, but looks at the context of the problem and pays attention to social aspects of society," said Puan through a written statement to journalists, Thursday, January 21.

Furthermore, the Chairperson of the PDI-P DPP also requested that the National Police's services be improved. Even if necessary, the Bhayangkara Corps can take advantage of existing technology so that personnel limitations can be overcome.

Then regarding internal reforms, Puan said it was necessary to improve the quality of human resources. "Improving the quality of human resources can be focused on the attitude and mentality of the National Police so that they always work professionally," he said.

Previously reported, the Indonesian Parliament has officially approved Komjen Listyo Sigit as the National Police Chief.

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 council 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.

Regarding the fit and proper test, in front of Commission III of the DPR RI, Komjen Listyo Sigit brought the concept of a precise Polri. 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.