Palace Answer Concise On Drug Tests Before High Officers Of The National Police Meet President Jokowi

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Heru Budi Hartono (Photo: BPMI Setpres/Rusman)

Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetpres) Heru Budi Hartono spoke about the protocol that took effect when a number of high-ranking officers (Pati) at the National Police met with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). According to Heru, the palace only received a notification of the negative PCR results for COVID from the Pati after the meeting took place. "One of the conditions is that we ask the head of the National Police's health center to carry out COVID-19 checks, PCR swabs and do them in the ranks of the National Police itself. So outside of that the palace has no authority. And the result is that COVID is conveyed to the president and everything is in a negative condition," explained Heru, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat Youtube, Friday, October 14. This statement also answered the confusing news of taking tests, including drug tests carried out by the palace to high-ranking officers before meeting President Jokowi. Not only that, Heru also explained in detail why Pati were not allowed to carry a command stick, cellphones and hats. Because the number of Pati is large, the palace will find it difficult to regulate or place the three important items. "The first is that this palace has no place to store the sticks. Putting up a lot, and the second is to take the process of entering the third palace, we indeed ask not to carry the cellphone again for the convenience of the officials in the Polri environment to be able to process entering the palace quickly because the number is 600," "It's quite a lot so there's no need to carry a stick, no need to carry a cellphone and of course a hat. A hat needs a place and a hat so we told the committee that all the three objects were stored on their respective buses," said Heru. Heru reiterated that if there is a urine test and so on, Pati will be outside the palace's responsibility.