JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo emphasized that active police could not just fill civil positions immediately because there were a series of processes and rules that must be obeyed.
Sigit conveyed that he responded to a journalist's question regarding the concerns of civil society groups regarding the regulation of the filling of civil positions by members of the National Police in the revision of the National Police Law.
"In principle, the National Police has rules regarding the placement of the National Police outside the structure. The condition is that there must be a request from the ministry that wants there to be members of the National Police," said Sigit as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 9.
In addition, continued the National Police Chief, Polri personnel who will be assigned to positions outside the institution must go through the approval of the Ministry of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB).
"And must follow the open bidding (open selection) or merit system. So, it's not just that the National Police immediately places it, but the process must be passed so that it is not immediately," he said.
"Even if there is no request, the National Police will not send it," added the National Police Chief.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Law Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej said the government respected civil society's criticism of the revision of the Police Law.
He invited the public to submit a test to the Constitutional Court if they felt harmed.
"I think, once a law is passed, then there are people who feel that their constitutional rights are violated, they can be tested in the Constitutional Court, both formally and materially. So, I think, we accept these criticisms with open arms, but there is a channel that is elegant," he said.
The DPR plenary meeting on Tuesday approved the Draft Law on the Third Amendment to Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia (RUU Polri) to be enacted into law.
One of the things regulated in the bill is the placement of active police officers in the ranks of the National Police. In Article 28A paragraph (1) it is stated that members of the National Police can fill positions outside the National Police organization as long as they have a connection with the police function.
The positions outside the organization that have a relationship with the police function are managerial or non-managerial positions in ministries/institutions that carry out government affairs/tasks in three areas.
The three areas in question, among others, are the maintenance of public security and order; protection, protection, and services to the public; and law enforcement, as stipulated in Article 28A paragraph (2).
Article 28A paragraph (3) regulates that in addition to the ministries or agencies referred to in paragraph (2), members of the National Police can fill positions outside the institution as long as there is a request from the ministry or agency.
Article 28A paragraph (4) further stipulates that in addition to the positions referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), members of the National Police can also fill positions outside the National Police organization if there is an assignment from the president.
Further provisions regarding the procedures for filling state civil servant positions by members of the National Police are regulated in government regulations.
By Fath Putra Mulya
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