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Tito is humble and modest cop: Lawmakers
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The candidate to be the next National Police chief, Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian (second from right), accompanied by his wife Tri Suswati (right), welcomes lawmakers of the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs to his official residence in Ragunan, South Jakarta on June 22. Tito will take the House's fit and proper test on Thursday because of his being nominated to replace National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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awmakers praised National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian for his humble lifestyle after a visit to the official residence of the sole candidate for the position of the country's top cop.
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Commission III overseeing legal affairs visited Tito's house on Wednesday in the National Police housing complex as part of their assessment before holding a fit and proper test with him on Thursday. From the visit and interview with Tito's family members, the lawmakers saw that his family was far from enjoying a lavish lifestyle, in accordance with Tito's official wealth reports that suggested no irregularities, the commission chairman Bambang Soesatyo said.
"We can see that the condition of his house [and family] are in accordance with Tito's statement, reports and purposes," the Golkar Party lawmaker told journalists after the visit.
The commission's visit was a part of the fit and proper test for Tito's candidacy following the reports from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Tuesday that suggested no suspicious activities were found in Tito's official wealth reports (LHKPN).
During the visit, not only did the commission's members have a long talk with Tito's wife, Tri Suswati, they also had a chance to talk about Tito's nomination with his youngest son, Muhammad Taufan, 17, who currently resides in Singapore, through a Skype conversation.
Tito's other children, Muhammad Garda Ramadhito, 20, and Laviyah Augusta, 18, were not able to accompany their parents during the visit either, as they were both also studying in Singapore.
The lawmakers of the commission are scheduled to hand over their decision on Thursday evening about whether to forward Tito's name to the plenary meeting for approval for him to be the new National Police chief. (rin)
