Map of succession of police chiefs after a large police rotation

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –

Chief of the National Police, General Pol Idham Azis | remodel hundreds of senior and middle officers (Pati and Pamen) Police from his original post in the Bhayangkara Corps this week.

Idham Azis himself will retire or retire as a police officer in January 2021.

The Headquarters of the National Police stressed that the rotation was a form of organizational refreshment. For information, Brigadier General Karopenmas Polri Pol Awi Setiyono said that a total of 637 people were informed of the mutation through warrants in nine separate telegrams published last November 16.

The details are staff with the rank of Commissioner General (Komjen) 1 person, Inspector General (Irjen) 9 people, Brigadier General (Brigjen) 63 people, Grand Commissioner (Kombes) 478 people and Deputy Senior Commissioner of Police (AKBP) 86 people .

Among the reorganizations, there was a high-ranking officer recognized by the National Police Headquarters who was removed from his position as a result of neglect of activities that created crowds during the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic. They are the Chief Inspector General of the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Nana Sujana, and the Chief Inspector General of the West Java Regional Police, Rudy Sufahradi. Then Kombes Heru Novianto from the Kapolres Metro Jakarta Pusat stand, and AKBP Roland Ronaldy from the Kapolres Bogor stand.

In addition to enforcing the Covid-19 program, according to various parties, the massive rotation of police officers is full of interest in the succession of the Chief of the National Police to welcome Idham’s retirement.

“The Rizieq crowd incident has been used to change the map of power within the National Police to welcome the succession of the Chief of the National Police in January 2021,” said Presidium President Neta S Pane of Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) when contacted. CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (11/18).

According to him, there are at least two big names that are now placed in strategic positions following the removal of Inspector General Nana from the post of Kapolda Metro Jaya. For example, Inspector General Muhammad Fadil Imran, who was previously the East Java Police Chief and is now replaced by Inspector General Nico Afinta.

Fadil Imran himself, was a two-star general who often received direct praise from the Chief of the National Police, especially in handling the current Covid-19 virus in his jurisdiction at the time, East Java.

It is known that Idham once praised Fadil because he strongly reprimanded and removed Gubeng Police Chief Kompol Naufil, who was asleep during the Kampung Tangguh coordination meeting handling Covid-19 at the Sawunggaling Building, Surabaya, last 22 of May. Idham appreciated his initiative in holding the people accountable.

Fadil is also a trusted figure to be the Idham Azis staff social and cultural expert who was appointed on November 1 last year. This position was held before he was entrusted with the position of Kapolda East Java.

Meanwhile, Inspector General Nico Afinta is a detective who has been involved in several cases to attract public attention. One of them served as Vice President of the Joint Team and investigator for the case of hard water spill by the investigator of the Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK), Novel Baswedan.

When Idham was still the Chief of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police in 2017, Nico was one of his subordinates who was placed in the position of Director of General Criminal Investigation.

Then when Idham moved to the National Police Headquarters, Nico also followed in his footsteps as Dirtipidum and the National Police Chief’s Social and Political Expert Staff in 2019.

“Although determining the candidate for chief of the National Police is the prerogative of President Jokowi, each force within the National Police tries to find opportunities and maneuver to present the best candidates on its side,” Neta said.

“When Idham became a candidate for Chief of the National Police, the two of them formed a successful team that participated in the development of the appropriate and proper test manuscript of Idham in Commission 3 of the DPR,” he added.

However, Neta admits that the current National Police chief candidate to replace Idham Azis is still too fluid. Not to mention, he said, there would still be a number of mutations for the three-star general position that would occur in the Bhayangkara Corps in the future.

On the one hand, Neta said, it is undeniable that the reform of several regional police chiefs will have direct implications for the upcoming election of the national police chief. However, it is not certain that those who are nominated by Idham can immediately become candidates for the new Chief of the National Police.

“The presentation of the best candidates for Chief of the National Police is carried out by placing these figures in strategic positions. Whoever ascends, surely has the opportunity to be included in the candidate market of the National Police ”, he concluded.

Bhayangkara’s 74th birthday ceremony was held virtually from the State Palace and broadcast at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, as well as the Regional Police and Polres throughout Indonesia, on July 1, 2020 ( CNN Indonesia / Michael Josua).

On the other hand, the researcher from the Institute for Security and Strategic Studies (ISESS), Bambang Rukminto agrees with the assumption that there is an element of interest in the dismissal of Kapolda Metro Jaya and West Java. In addition, he said, this large-scale rotation was also taking place before the change in the leadership position of the Police.

On the one hand, he himself regrets the appearance of carriages based on regional primordiality or other elements of proximity in the next contest of the National Police.

“You cannot deny the factions within the National Police organization and that is very regrettable. And it must be suppressed,” Bambang said.

According to him, the dismissal of the two police chiefs was not only an initiative of the Chief of the National Police. According to him, statements by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and Menkopolhukam’s doctor Mahfud about the weak application of health protocols also had an effect.

“Many high-ranking police officers have the ability and capacity. And it is the president’s prerogative to propose it to the DPR after being considered by Kompolnas,” he said.

Meanwhile, the executive director of the Indonesian Police Institute for Strategic Studies (Lemkapi), Edi Hasibuan, deemed it inappropriate to link the transfer of Polri’s staff to a political element before a change of leadership.

According to him, a series of figures that were removed were due to poor performance because they were negligent and did not anticipate events that would generate criticism from the public.

“This is a lesson so that all the Kapolda, Kapolres and Kapolsek can protect their areas properly,” Edi said.

“It’s good, it has a good place.”

According to Edi, the placement of several alternate figures such as Inspector General Fadil Imran, Inspector General Ahmad Dofiri, Inspector General Nico Afinta, Inspector General Rikwanto, Inspector General Albertus Rachmad Wibowo, Inspector General Refdi Andri and Inspector General Putu Jayan Danu Putra have gone through the process of formulating new regional police chiefs in their respective regions. mature.

He gave an example: Inspector General Fadil, who was designated as Kapolda Metro Jaya, was considered to have been able to properly maintain the security and order situation in the East Java region. He set an example by bidding farewell to the Coalition for Action to Save Indonesia (KAMI) that was to be held in Gedung Juang 45, Surabaya last September.

Then the figure of Ahmad Dofiri, who was tried as a firm Kapolda while on duty in the Yogyakarta Special Region.

“We believe that the Chief of Police has put the right people with good skills in the right place,” he said.