News Of Many Unemployed Generals, Polri: None!

JAKARTA - Police Headquarters emphasized that there are no high-ranking officers (Pati) or generals who are unemployed, aka non-jobs. Although they are positioned as policy analysts (factoring).

"So, there is no talk of unemployed officers. There are no," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Rusdi Hartono, to reporters, Tuesday, January 26.

"All officers get their positions even with positions as policy analysts," Rusdi continued.

Rusdi said that the position of a policy analyst is a position that has certain activities. In fact, their activities are coordinated by the head of the unit (Kasat) in each position.

"Their work will always be coordinated by a head of the work unit where the officer is located. So there is no such thing as an unemployed officer. No police, no," he said.

The issue of general unemployment was first addressed by the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW). Based on data from the Bhayangkara Corps, it produced 340 generals. In fact, many of them are unemployed.

IPW Presidium, Neta S. Pane said that the number had increased from only 65 before the Reformation period. Of the approximately 340, not a few generals are unemployed.

"Right now there are quite a lot of unemployed middle officers (middle officers), there are a lot of unemployed generals, there are also many Kombes who are unemployed," he said.