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Lawmakers visit Tito's house to meet his family
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House of Representatives Commission III chairman Bambang Soesatyo (left) shakes hands with National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian at the latter's official residence in Ragunan, South Jakarta, on Wedndesday. Several members of the commission overseeing legal affairs visited Tito's house as part of their assessment before approving for disapproving Tito’s candidacy as National Police chief. (Tribunnews.com/Theresia Felisiani)
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awmakers of the House of Representatives' Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, visited the residence of top antiterrorism official Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as part of their assessment of Tito’s candidacy as National Police chief on Wednesday.
The purpose of the visit to Tito's official residence at the National Police housing complex in Ragunan, South Jakarta, was to observe the interaction of the three-star general with his family at home, Commission III chairman Bambang Soesatyo said.
"We will get to know Tito's family, his children and neighbors. The lifestyle, [whether he is] luxurious or very humble, will reflect the candidate's profile," the Golkar lawmaker told journalists on Wednesday.
Despite having his own private house in Jakarta, Tito had lived in the official house since 1997, when he was still a middle-rank police officer, Bambang added.
Tito, who currently serves as chief of the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), said he welcomed the lawmakers’ visit. However, the former Jakarta Police chief said his three children, one university student and two in high school, were all studying in Singapore and could not be with their father for the visit.
"Today I am with my wife, my elder sister and younger brother. My sister is Diah Natalisa, the public service deputy at the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry, and my brother Iwan, a doctor at the heart hospital Harapan Kita," Tito said.
The visit will be followed up by a fit-and-proper test by the lawmakers, slated to be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at Commission III. The lawmakers are set to decide whether or not to approve Tito as the National Police chief to replace Gen. Badrodin Haiti at 8 p.m. on the same day. (rin)
