South Sulawesi Police Prepares 4,500 Personnel To Secure Christmas-New Year

South Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Nana Sudjana/ANTARA

MAKASSAR - The South Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda) has prepared 4,500 personnel to secure the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year celebrations, as an anticipatory step and creating Kamtibmas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The Indonesian police will carry out the Lipu Lilin Operation in 2021 and 2022. So, this operation is related to our efforts to secure the implementation of Christian worship activities and New Year's Eve," said the South Sulawesi Regional Police Chief Inspector General Nana Sudjana after meeting the leadership of the South Sulawesi DPRD, in Makassar quoted Between, Monday, November 24.

The South Sulawesi Regional Police Chief explained that the 4,500 personnel prepared by the Regional Police, the Resort Police and the local Police in terms of securing religious activities and New Year's Eve, were in accordance with the direction of the central government.

In addition, the policy for the Implementation of Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM) was raised to level 3 before Christmas and New Year, he said, so it was deemed necessary to strengthen personnel in terms of security in order to prevent the third wave of COVID-19 transmission.

"We, in this case, the TNI and Polri, assisted by the regional government, can be said to be at the forefront. We have to secure this policy (PPKM), which is planned from December 24, 2021 to January 2, 2022. We will oversee its implementation," said Inspector General Nana stressed.

He hopes that the community will not repeat the experience of the second wave. Because so far, new cases of COVID-19 in South Sulawesi continue to decline, even though the number exposed is still fluctuating.

"I ask for public awareness to remain disciplined about the Health Protocol. So, the reduction of this pandemic should not be considered as finished, we are still not finished, the transmission of COVID-19 is still lurking around us," he hoped.

The South Sulawesi Regional Police Chief also asked for support from the DPRD ranks, both the Chair, as well as the Deputy Chair and members of the South Sulawesi DPRD to work together, synergize in terms of togetherness in solving existing problems so that they can be overcome together to find the best solution.