Charta Politica Survey: Public Values The Handling of Brigadier J's Case is Not Transparent, Police Trust Level Drops Drastically

Ferdy Sambo and his wife, Putri Candrawati, underwent the reconstruction process for the murder of Brigadier J at the Duren Tiga official residence, Tuesday (30/8). (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)

JAKARTA - The national survey agency Charta Politica Indonesia conducted a survey related to the level of public trust in high state institutions. The result was a decrease in the level of public trust in the Police regarding the case of the premeditated murder of Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat or Brigadier J.

Executive Director of Charta Politica Indonesia, Yunarto Wijaya, said that the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) was considered the highest and most trusted institution. Followed by the President and the Constitutional Court (MK).

"The TNI is considered as the highest state institution that is most trusted by the public. The President and the Constitutional Court will follow suit", Yunarto said in a survey release, Thursday, September 22.

Meanwhile, the level of public trust in the Police has decreased drastically. This institution is in the bottom two positions after the DPR.

"The level of trust in high state institutions seems to have decreased in almost all high state institutions, except the Constitutional Court and the DPR, which tend to stagnate. The highest level of decline is in the Polri institution", he said.

The results of the Charta Politica Indonesia survey related to the level of public trust in high state institutions, respectively, which strongly believe in the TNI 14 percent

The President was 9 percent, the Constitutional Court 5 percent, the Attorney General's Office 4 percent, the MPR 5 percent, the Supreme Court 5 percent, the KPK 7 percent, the DPD 3 percent, the National Police 4 percent, and the DPR 3 percent.

Meanwhile, those who believe in the TNI are 71 percent, the President 64 percent, the Constitutional Court 64 percent, the Attorney General's Office 63 percent, the MPR 62 percent, the Supreme Court 61 percent, the KPK 57 percent, the DPD 55 percent, the National Police 51 percent, and the DPR 52 percent.

In addition, Chartapolitika also asked for the public's trust in the handling of Brigadier J's case. As a result, the majority of respondents did not believe that the Police were transparent about the case that killed Brigadier J in Duren Tiga.

In the survey, it was found that 91.4 percent of respondents knew about the shooting of Brigadier Yosua Hutabarat involving Ferdy Sambo. Meanwhile, 8.6 percent said they did not know about the case.

A total of 32.4 percent assessed that the handling of this case was transparent. Meanwhile, 62.4 percent think that the Police are not transparent. Meanwhile, 5.2 percent of respondents did not answer.

Then, 61.4 percent of respondents stated that they knew the news about alleged police officers involved in gambling and drug crimes.

Of this number, 57.7 percent said they believed the National Police Chief/Police were able to take action against their members involved in the crime. While 39.3 percent said they were not sure.

The Charta Politica survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews and sampling methods with a total sample of 1,229 and a margin of error of 2.82 percent.

The survey was conducted in the period 6-13 September 2022, with the survey area being all sub-districts or villages. The criteria for respondents are at least 17 years old or have met the selection requirements.