TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Jokowi inducts former aide as top cop. Experts warn of recasting New Order’s shadow.
Among Listyo's visions for the police force are controversial programs such as intensifying nationwide public surveillance and creating a new cyber police unit.
Change Size
Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (left) takes the oath during his inauguration as the new National Police chief at the State Palace on Jan. 27, 2020. (Presidential Palace Press Bureau/Laily Rachev)
P
resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday inaugurated National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, building on the two public figures’ relationship that dates back a decade to Jokowi’s term as Surakarta mayor.
The inauguration ceremony follows a unanimous vote at last week’s plenary session of the House of Representatives (DPR) to approve Jokowi’s pick for the nation’s top police post. Listyo replaces outgoing Gen. Idham Azis, who is retiring.
Listyo has vowed to improve the public image of the National Police by taking a more “humane” approach to law enforcement.
“We are [focusing on] how to demonstrate the police’s firm but humane [approach] to the public, how to deliver good and transparent public service, as well as how we will enforce the laws justly,” said Listyo, apeaking after his inauguration at the State Palace on Wednesday. “This will be our task in the future.”
He added that ensuring compliance with the COVID-19 health protocols in public spaces was among his immediate short-term priorities.
Read also: Listyo seeks ‘humane’ law enforcement, more surveillance
Listyo is the second police chief to come from a religious minority background after the late Widodo Budidarmo, who led the Indonesian police force from 1974 to 1978.
