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View all search resultsOpinions are divided on the increasing appointment of active and retired police officers to top positions in the bureaucracy, which seems to indicate the National Police's growing influence on national politics.
The recent shooting incident in Bomou village, Tigi district, Deiyai, Papua, that killed civilian Yulius Pigai, 28, has drawn attention of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), in which the institution promises it will monitor the legal process of the case.
National Police Commission (Kompolnas) member Bekto Suprapto said the involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in efforts to combat terrorism, that would be included in the 2003 Terrorism Law under a draft revision currently under deliberation by the House of Representatives, could be unconstitutional.
The National Police’s institutional reform, which is set to be introduced in October by the government should aim to improve the professionalism of the force personnel to earn the public's trust, the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has said.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central executive board legal division head, Trimedya Panjaitan, has said that his party was surprised by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to appoint Comr.Gen.Tito Karnavian as sole candidate for the National Police chief position.
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