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Tito Karnavian fit for BNPT job, Kompolnas says
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Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian speaks to journalists in front of a damaged police post a day after terrorists attacked the capital city on Jan. 14. (Kompas.com/-)
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akarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian is suitable to lead the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) given his track record and expertise in dealing with terrorism, a member of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) said on Tuesday.
The commission praised National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti's decision to assign Tito to replace Comr. Gen. Saud Usman Nasution to lead the BNPT upon Saud's retirement.
"We consider Tito an officer who has mastered terrorism issues. This can be seen in the way he handled the terrorist attack in Jakarta a couple of months ago," Kompolnas commissioner Edi Hasibuan told thejakartapost.com on Tuesday.
Before being appointed to lead the capital's police force in June 2015, Tito was previously chief of the National Police's Densus 88 counterterrorism squad. Tito was the top graduate of the Police Academy in 1987 and graduated magna cum laude with a Ph.D in strategic studies majoring in terrorism and Islamist radicalization from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
Tito will also be promoted to a three-star commissioner general.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is scheduled to inaugurate Tito as the BNPT chief at the State Palace on Wednesday.
West Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Moechgiyarto will replace Tito as Jakarta Police chief.
Moechgiyarto was Tito's superior in the force and also a top 1986 Police Academy graduate. Both received the Adhi Makayasa award as top graduates.
As West Java Police chief, Moechgiyarto made breakthroughs and meets the standard to be the Jakarta Police chief, Edi said.
Kompolnas recorded that Moechgiyarto served the public well in West Java, including by involving the public in community security.
Before leading the West Jakarta Police, he served as the National Police's legal division chief and the West Nusa Tenggara Police chief.
Tito praised his successor.
"I'm sure he will be a better Jakarta Police chief than me. He is a highly experienced officer," Tito told journalists Tuesday. (rin)
