Inspector General (Ret.) Sisno Adiwinoto Criticizes Police Discourse Under The Ministry, Performance Becomes Winding And Hampered

Police observer Inspector General (Purn) Sisno Adiwinoto (ANTARA/HO)

JAKARTA - Police observer Inspector General (Purn) Sisno Adiwinoto views that the efforts of a few parties to place the National Police under the ministry have triggered a national setback. In particular, in the field of security and public services.

According to Sisno, the placement of the National Police under the ministry will hamper the speed of their movement and services when maintaining domestic security or when serving the public in the security sector directly.

"Basically, the effort to place the National Police under the ministry will only encourage the National Police to be domesticated so that their movements and services when maintaining domestic security and serving the public in the security sector directly, quickly and meaningfully will certainly be complicated and hampered," he said in a written statement on Wednesday. Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, February 6th.

Furthermore, Sisno gave an example of the performance of the Police in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic so far. The deployment of the National Police who are directly under the president encourages their agility in overseeing the acceleration of the president's program to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The agility of the National Police in overseeing the acceleration of the presidential program as a whole has made this country safe and conducive in carrying out the development of the nation and state, even though it is being hit by an international pandemic," he explained.

On the other hand, said Sisno, if the National Police were under the ministry, they certainly could not be as swift and fast as they are now.

He also said that the change in police status from military to civilian since the Reformation era had a national impact in the form of rapid progress for the role of the Police in maintaining the security of the Republic of Indonesia.

Sisno also said that the change in status made the National Police and all of its work more humanistic and democratic. Even since the Reformation era, the Police have grown and taken root in the community and the level of public trust in them has increased.

In addition, Sisno also assessed that the National Police were increasingly being distanced from the practical political environment in making decisions that were not useful at the national or regional level so that every Police action to enforce the law became very pious.

"The political frenzy and contestation that does not involve the National Police to participate in spending energy there makes them more professional in carrying out their functions as state officials who oversee security and social order in the country, anticipate changes in the strategic environment predictively, are responsible for all citizens. , even transparent and accountable in carrying out their duties and mandates in a fair manner in order to uphold state law," explained Sisno.