Police Call The Survey Institute No Need For A Police Chief Permit

Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Pol. Ahmad Ramadhan. ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty/aa.

The National Police emphasized that they had never required survey institutions to obtain a permit from the local police chief if they wanted to spread questionnaires related to the presidential election (Pilpres). Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan, said that there was no authority from the National Police regarding the survey process. So, there is no need for permission when the questionnaire is distributed. "So we explain its connection with survey institutions that want to spread quasisioners, of course, is not the domain of the police, so it does not have to be a police permit," Ramadhan told reporters, Tuesday, January 2. He emphasized that the National Police has the main task of maintaining security and public order. In addition, Ramadhan also emphasized that all members of the National Police must uphold neutrality in the 2024 General Election. Especially not involved in practical politics. "Back to the neutrality of the Police, the Police must not side with one of the candidate pairs, to one of the legislative candidates, so the point is not to get involved in practical politics," said Ramadhan. Meanwhile, the statement was to respond to PDI-P (PDIP) politician Aria Bima who had mentioned that there were allegations of efforts to lead a one-round opinion through the survey institute. This was conveyed by Aria when asked about communication with the AMIN camp regarding the second round. He initially mentioned the second pair camp, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who was too confident in the one-round presidential election, even though he was followed by three candidates. “(Kubu, red) 02 is too sure of one round. We with 01 are not sure one round, definitely two rounds, ” said Aria. Aria admitted that he had spoken about this one-round phenomenon with the AMIN camp. As a result, they suspect that there are parties who are trying to lead public opinion through a survey. "Because of this, this is a public opinion, it was built through a survey and then it was glorified in one round, then a survey that was supposed to take pictures of reality but this led to the reality of the existing opinion," he said. This survey, called Aria, was deliberately made up to make the Ganjar-Mahfud and AMIN camps dizzy. “ Everything is made in one round, so there is a survey agency design, ” said the member of the DPR RI. However, these two camps are claimed by Aria not to panic. He only regretted that this kind of method should not be done. Aria also emphasized that his party did not distrust the methodology used by survey institutions. “ Don't let there be any attempt to lead opinions through a one-round survey as if it were democratic, ” he said.

“ While the aspect in the implementation of one round is the work of the apparatus. This is dangerous. We agree that officials should not be used to mobilize support by justifying their preconditions as survey institutions,” Aria concluded.