"Received Many Reports On The Gaya Of Luxury Life Of The Police," Jokowi Reminded The Police "Don't Be Independent"

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admits that he has received many reports about the luxurious lifestyle of members of the Indonesian police. Jokowi also reminded the Police to be careful and not arrogant in implementing lifestyles.

"I received too many reports, returned to my lifestyle, small matters but it could interfere with the trust of the Police," Jokowi said in a briefing uploaded by the Presidential Secretary's YouTube, Saturday, October 15.

Jokowi said that the issue of a luxurious lifestyle among the National Police should be a serious concern for the Bhayangkara Corps institution. Because he said, it could disrupt the public confidence index for the Police.

"Car business, big motorbike business, trivial matters, what shoes, what clothes, seen by the community today, that's what we have to understand in a world situation full of openness and public complaints against all members of the National Police," said Jokowi.

Jokowi said that currently 66 countries are in a vulnerable position. Currently, said Jokowi, 345 million people in 82 countries have entered into acute food shortages. Therefore, according to him, all police ranks must now have a sense of crisis and understand the current state situation.

"This is what all the regional police chiefs, police chiefs, main police officers must know, the situation in this situation must understand so that they have the same sense of crisis, be careful with this, be careful," he said. Jokowi then asked the police officials to put the brakes on not to live a luxurious lifestyle. He also warned the Police not to show off their lifestyles.

"I remind you of lifestyle problems, lifestyle, lest in difficult situations there are social explosions due to socio-economic jealousy, be careful. I remind you that the police chief, whose name is the police chief, whose name is the main official, high-ranking officers, is the total problem of lifestyle," said Jokowi.

"Don't be arrogant because you feel you have a good car, or a good big motorbike, be careful. I remind you to be careful," he continued.

Jokowi added that in the current era, the National Police could no longer cover up lifestyle problems. The reason is, it is currently open because there is social media.

"The problem is that it was over. Today's technology causes social interactions to change completely, social media can report not only TV, print media, online media, our individuals can become newspapers, it could be media that every time we show our daily behavior is rich, even though we are hiding," said Jokowi.