Held A Meeting With Kompolnas, Commission III DPR Discusses Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo As A Candidate For Chief Of Police

Kabareskrim Polri, Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo at a press conference (Photo: PR of Polri)

JAKARTA - Commission III DPR RI invited the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) to a public hearing (RDPU) held on Monday, January 18.

Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI, Ahmad Sahroni, said that through this meeting his party would explore the submission of the name of the Head of Criminal Investigation of the National Police, Komjen Listyo Sigit, as a candidate for National Police Chief who will replace Idham Azis.

"(The meeting, red) we are in depth regarding the candidate for a single Chief of Police. (Implementation of the fit and proper test, red) Wednesday January 20 at 10:00 am," Sahroni said through his statement to reporters on Monday.

Regarding the implementation of the RDPU, which presented Kompolnas, it was conducted behind closed doors. The Kompolnas that attended offline was the Daily Chairperson of Kompolnas Benny Mamoto while the Chairperson of Kompolnas Mahfud MD was present virtually.

The certainty of the implementation was closed when Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR Adies Kadir opened the meeting.

"Please allow us to open this meeting by requesting our approval for the meeting to be closed to the public. Agree," he said opening the RDPU and approved by members of commission III.

As previously reported, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) received a Presidential Letter regarding the name of the candidate for Chief of Police of the Republic of Indonesia.

The Surpres number: R-02 / Pres / 01/2021 was conveyed by the Minister of State Secretary Pratikno to the Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament Puan Maharani, at the Parliament Building, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 13.

"On this day, President Joko Widodo has submitted a proposal from the Chief of Police to the Indonesian Parliament, on behalf of Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo, to obtain DPR approval," Puan said in his official statement some time ago.

Since the beginning, Listyo's name was included in the National Police candidate exchange. According to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs as well as the Chairperson of Kompolnas, the name Listyo was presented to President Jokowi under another name.

"These are the five Komjen that were proposed to the President by Kompolnas to be selected as candidates for the National Police Chief. Gatot Edy Pramono, Boy Rafli Amar, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Arief Sulistyanto, Agus Andrianto," Mahfud was quoted as saying on his Twitter account, Friday, January 8.

This name was presented to President Jokowi because they were considered competent during their tenure. "The five people are considered to meet the requirements of professionalism, loyalty, flight hours," he said.