Jokowi Presses Presidential Decree On Addition Of The Directorate At The Criminal Investigation Unit Of The Police

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo signed a presidential regulation (perpres) regulating the addition of one directorate within the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) institution.

As monitored on the jdih.setneg.go.id page, Presidential Decree Number 20 of 2024 concerning the Third Amendment to Presidential Decree Number 52 of 2010 concerning the Organizational and Work Procedure of the Indonesian National Police was stipulated and signed by President Jokowi in Jakarta, Monday, February 12, 2024.

Article 20 paragraph 5 of the Presidential Regulation states that Bareskrim consists of at most 7 directorates, 3 central and 4 bureaus. This provision changed the previous rules governing that Bareskrim consisted of at most 6 directorates, 3 central and 4 bureaus.

The consideration of the issuance of the Presidential Decree is to optimize the implementation of the duties and functions of handling and eradicating criminal acts, trafficking in persons and human smuggling by the National Police.

Presidential Decree was promulgated in Jakarta by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno dated February 12, 2024, and has been in effect since it was promulgated.