Moeldoko: Submission Of A Single Candidate For Chief Of Police Already Under Consideration

Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo while undergoing a fit and proper test for the National Police Chief candidate at the DPR (Photo: Polri Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said President Joko Widodo had submitted the name of a single candidate for Chief of Police, Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo, to the DPR RI in the form of meeting a number of criteria.

"Everything is there, criteria, capacity, capability, loyalty, integrity. So from all the identified indicators from the start, it gives rise to an aggregate and based on that aggregate someone is chosen," said Moeldoko at a press conference in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Wednesday, January 20.

He asked the public not to think in a way about submitting the name of a single candidate for Chief of Police. He emphasized that basically the top leaders of an institution have extraordinary responsibilities so that a person who has extraordinary abilities is needed.

In addition, said Moeldoko, leaders must also have non-negotiable loyalty to the country and have integrity.

"Those are several things that become a consideration for a person to be able to occupy the highest position in the organization. Such considerations, not others," he said.

Regarding the issue that Listyo's appointment skipped several generations, Moeldoko said that the selection of leaders was based on two approaches, firstly seniority and secondly a number of criteria that were indicators of ability.

"So surely the President has thought for a greater interest, so there are other considerations. These are options. The first choice is the seniority approach, the second is the approach to several requirements," he said.