History today, 11 years ago, February 18, 2015, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) did not appoint Budi Gunawan as the new national police chief. The cancellation was made to create calm in society.
Previously, the government fully supported Budi's nomination as the police chief. The problem arose. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sniffed that Budi was involved in corruption. All because Budi's wealth was considered to have increased significantly. Budi then became a corruption suspect.
The government's desire to elevate Budi Gunawan was irresistible in 2015. Budi was a candidate who was fully supported by parliamentarians. However, the narrative was interrupted because the KPK sniffed that Budi was involved in corruption.
The KPK admitted that it had long been suspicious. The suspicion arose when Budi was still serving as Head of the Career Development Bureau of the National Police PSDM from 2004 to 2006. The KPK sniffed that Budi had suspicious transactions in his account.
Everything stems from a report from the Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK) to the National Police Headquarters on March 23, 2010. The KPK tried to move to collect evidence. The effort took a long time. However, when Abraham Samad became the head of the KPK, the case began to move seriously.
The KPK found a significant increase in assets from the State Organizer Wealth Report (LHKPN) of Budi in July 2013. At its peak, the KPK then named Budi as a Corruption suspect on January 13, 2015.
The decision of the KPK then surprised many parties. This condition is because the determination of the suspect seems sudden. Moreover, at the moment when Budi was nominated as the police chief. However, the KPK emphasized that the case had been investigated for a long time.
Members of the House of Representatives Commission III are not too concerned about the status of the suspect set by the KPK. They asked the government to immediately appoint Budi. Later, Budi will be removed for another matter.
"The DPR has given its approval, there is no reason for him (Jokowi) to cancel it. It must be inaugurated. After being inaugurated, then use the prerogative to dismiss, it's up to the President," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Desmond J Mahesa, as quoted by the Kompas.com page, February 13, 2015.
The government was also pressured from two sides. The side of Commission III of the DPR and political parties who asked the President to continue to appoint Budi. The other side of all people asked the government to immediately cancel Budi's inauguration.
The enthusiasm for rejecting Budi as the police chief emerged everywhere. The narrative was then accepted by the government on February 18, 2015. President Jokowi decided to cancel the appointment of Budi as the new police chief.
Jokowi revealed the move to create calm. He then proposed Badrodin Haiti as the new candidate for the police chief.
"Considering that the nomination of Police Commissioner General Budi Gunawan as the police chief has caused differences of opinion in the community. Therefore, in order to create calm and pay attention to the needs of the police of the Republic of Indonesia, to be immediately led by a definitive police chief, today we propose a new candidate, namely Police Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti to get the approval of the House of Representatives as the police chief," said Jokowi as quoted by the setkab.go.id page, February 18, 2015.
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