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House to decide on President's police chief choice before Idul Fitri
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Sole candidate -- The House of Representatives is set to finish the National Police chief confirmation process before Idul Fitri. (Source: Various, compiled by The Jakarta Post/-)
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he House of Representatives is planning to finish the confirmation process for the National Police chief before the Idul Fitri holiday, a lawmaker has said.
"What I understand is that there will be no obstacles to the screening test. All House political party factions have agreed that the test will be conducted before the holiday," said Bambang Soesatyo, chairman of the House’s Commission III overseeing legal affairs, human rights and security, after an internal meeting at the House complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday.
The lawmaker said the commission wished to bring its decision to the House's last plenary meeting next Tuesday. The House would resume sitting after Idul Fitri, which is on July 6 and 7.
Article 11 of the 2002 National Police Law stipulates the House should respond to the President's nomination for chief within 20 days.
Bambang said Commission III decided to conduct a series of screenings based on the 2002 law because if the House delayed until after the Idul Fitri holiday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo would have to send a second letter of recommendation to restart the process.
In a letter sent to the House last Wednesday through State Secretary Pratikno, a letter that House Deputy Speaker Taufik Kurniawan read out loud in a plenary meeting on Monday, Jokowi proposed National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief Comm. Gen. (Pol) Tito Karnavian for the National Police chief position.
During a meeting on Monday, members of the House's deliberative body (Bamus) assigned Commission III to schedule the screening tests.
The current National Police chief, Gen. Badrodin Haiti, is set to retire this July when he turns 58 years old. Article 30 ( 2 ) of the National Police Law stipulates that as the retirement age for National Police officers. (ebf)
