KPRP Does Not Propose the Police to Be Under the Ministry Because It Is Vulnerable to Politicization

Member of the Commission for the Acceleration of Police Reform (KPRP) Mahfud MD gives information at a press conference in South Jakarta, Wednesday, May 6. (Antara - Nadia Putri Rahmani)

JAKARTA - The National Police Reform Acceleration Commission (KPRP) revealed that the reason they did not propose the National Police to be under a ministry was because it was prone to being politicized.

KPRP member Mahfud MD in Jakarta, Wednesday (6/5), said that if the National Police was under the ministry, it would be prone to being politicized, so KPRP recommends that the National Police remain under the President.

"Politically it is safer because if it is placed under the ministry, this minister is in the political system we are occupied by party people so that it will be politicized again. It's better to go directly to the President," he said as quoted by Antara.

Furthermore, the former Minister of Home Affairs also said that the KPRP recommended that the restrictions on positions that can be occupied by members of the National Police outside the police institution should be regulated in a limited manner.

The basis for the regulation of term limits, he said, will later be regulated through regulations because it concerns the needs of the civil apparatus of the state (ASN).

"In short, there must be limitations, whether in the form of a Presidential Regulation (PP) or a law," he said.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto received the final report and recommendations from the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission which was submitted by Jimly Asshiddiqie as the Commission Chairman at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (5/5).

The President received a number of books, including "Aspirational Bridge for Police Reform" and "Follow-up Recommendations".

Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections and KPRP member Yusril Ihza Mahendra delivered the report that was compiled had a diverse thickness ranging from thousands of pages to a brief summary.

The content consists of various proposals and recommendations from the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission to carry out improvements in the police institution.

Yusril emphasized that the recommendations submitted were substantial and had the potential to bring about major changes to the institutional system of the police. In fact, a number of proposals are considered to have an impact on the revision of the current Police Law.

"If it is approved, there will be implications for changes to the current Polri law," said Yusril.