JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto asked the public to keep an eye on state officials who act deviantly. In front of members of the DPR, he openly asked the people to record officials who play around with authority.
Prabowo made the statement when talking about illegal levies, bureaucratic irregularities, and practices of backing illegal activities.
"If there is a behavior of the police that is not right, I ask the people to video. Video directly," said Prabowo in the DPR plenary session, Wednesday (20/5).
Prabowo asked the public not to fight directly with the police on the ground. According to him, the evidence of the recording is much more effective for punishing violations.
"Don't fight, don't fight. Just video, report directly to me," he said.
The statement came as Prabowo discussed illegal mining practices, illegal plantations, and the police who were said to be protecting illegal activities.
"But usually they have a backing. The backing is usually the uniform, if it's not green, it's brown," said Prabowo.
The statement immediately made the courtroom noisy. However, Prabowo emphasized that the criticism was not directed at the TNI and Polri institutions, but at individuals who tarnished the name of the apparatus.
"Don't pollute the TNI and the National Police. The TNI and the National Police are soldiers and police belonging to the people," he said.
Prabowo said the government now has the technology to monitor various irregularities. From illegal mines, unregistered gardens, to hidden assets.
"Now there are satellites. We don't have to check physically, we can take pictures of each tree," he said.
He also reminded regional heads and bureaucratic officials not to feel safe in committing irregularities.
"Now technology is great. We will know quickly if there are deviations," said Prabowo.
In his speech, Prabowo repeatedly touched on the need to clean up the bureaucracy and law enforcement apparatus so that the leakage of the country's economy could be stopped.
According to him, smuggling, under-invoicing, and export leakage practices have not been possible without the involvement of the apparatus.
Therefore, he asked for supervision not only to be carried out by the government, but also to involve the community.
"Our people are no longer stupid. Our people already have gadgets," said Prabowo.
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