Will Form A National Police Netrality Working Committee. DPR: There Are Members Of The Working Of Cooking Party Billboards

DPR RI Building. (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives has officially formed a Working Committee (Panja) on TNI Neutrality in the 2024 General Election. This panel is known to have been formed in an internal meeting on November 8, 2023.

Lingkar Madani Executive Director Ray Rangkuti said the formation of the National Police Netrality Supervision Committee (Panja) at Commission III of the DPR RI and the TNI Netrality Working Committee at Commission I of the DPR RI were very relevant to remind the TNI-Polri to remain neutral in the 2024 General Election.

"Is it urgent? Now the urgency has not been seen. But, just in case, of course it doesn't matter to be initiated from now on," he said, Thursday, November 30.

According to him, the National Police's Netrality Working Committee in the 2024 General Election is only in Commission III because the National Police is a Partner of Commission III. In fact, he continued, the authority to discuss elections lies with Commission II.

"The issue of neutrality, especially the police, has made the attitude of some members of Commission III a warning. And, if the situation is true as feared, Commission III is ready to form a Panja," he said.

Member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Trimedya Panjaitan, proposed the formation of a working committee (Panja) for monitoring the neutrality of the National Police at the 2024 General Election.

The reason is because recently the neutrality of the National Police has often been highlighted either directly or through social media. He also wants to follow the steps of Commission I which has formed a TNI Netrality Working Committee.

"The reason is so that all political parties, all presidential candidates, are sure about neutrality, so that our energy does not run out of talking about neutrality," he said.

Member of Commission III of the DPR Democratic faction Benny K Harman questioned the neutrality of the Police

"There are members whose jobs are to install party billboards," he told reporters.

Benny revealed the reason for agreeing to form the National Police Netrality Working Committee.

"The goal is for all political parties to feel safe because there are police, not the other way around," he said.

Therefore, Commission III of the DPR proposed the existence of a National Police Netrality Working Committee.

"Well, this is our lawsuit against the neutrality of the Police in this election," he said.

Meanwhile, Kompolnas Commissioner Yusuf Warsyim believes that in the 2024 election the National Police will be able to carry out their duties in security properly. However, Kompolnas will continue to monitor the police.

"We will externally monitor the performance and integrity of the security of the election," he said.

So far, Kompolnas has not found any indication of the neutrality of the National Police in the election.

"We ensure that the main task of the National Police in securing the implementation of the election runs well in the 2024 election," he said.