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        "id": 1705413,
        "msgid": "ipw-supports-civil-coalition-polri-reform-is-an-urgent-need-1777355522",
        "date": "2026-04-28 11:56:52",
        "title": "IPW Supports Civil Coalition: Polri Reform is an Urgent Need!",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) has endorsed the Civil Society Coalition's call for President Prabowo to urgently advance police reforms to strengthen the Indonesian National Police (Polri) institution and enhance public services. Critics, including YLBHI's Arif Maulana, have questioned the President's delays in meeting the Police Reform Acceleration Committee (KPRP), despite completed recommendations, amid concerns over issues like criminalisation, case fabrication, brutality, abuse of power, and police involvement in business and practical politics. This push underscores the need to safeguard public sovereignty, the rule of law, and human rights, with calls for public and media oversight to prevent eroding trust in government and police institutions.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) supports the\naspirations of the Civil Society Coalition for President Prabowo to\ncomplete the Polri reform agenda, as this step is already urgent. \u201cThis\nis an urgent need to strengthen the Polri institution and improve the\nperformance of Polri\u2019s public services,\u201d said IPW Chairman Sugeng Teguh\nSantoso to Kompas.com on Tuesday (28\/4\/2026). \u201cThe President who\nrequested its formation,\u201d Sugeng added. Prabowo inaugurated the Police\nReform Acceleration Commission at the Merdeka Palace on 7 November 2025,\nfive months ago. In addition, there is the Polri Reform Transformation\nTeam formed by National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo on 17\nSeptember 2025. Deputy Chairman of Advocacy and Networks at the\nIndonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Arif Maulana, questioned the\nPresident\u2019s stance, who has yet to meet with the Police Reform\nAcceleration Committee (KPRP), even though the recommendations have been\nfinalised since 2 February 2026. \u201cPresident Prabowo Subianto, who should\nfocus on the commitment to fix Polri, has not met with KPRP due to being\nbusy attending the Board of Peace formed by Donald Trump, overseas\nvisits, and still waiting for the exact meeting date arranged by the\nState Secretary and Cabinet Secretary. In fact, KPRP has completed its\nrecommendations as of 2 February 2026,\u201d Arif said at the Resonansi ICW\noffice in Jakarta on Monday (27\/4\/2026). Arif assessed that Polri reform\nis an urgent agenda to address various issues, from criminalisation\npractices, case engineering, apparatus brutality, abuse of authority, to\ninvolvement in business and practical politics. He also highlighted the\npotential for abuse of authority by apparatus following the ratification\nof the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), making the reform even more\npressing. Therefore, Arif invited the public and media to continue\nmonitoring the police reform agenda to safeguard people\u2019s sovereignty,\nthe rule of law, and human rights. \u201cUrging President Prabowo Subianto to\nlisten to the voice of the people as the owners of sovereignty regarding\nthe public\u2019s demands to reform the police. Ignoring the voice of the\npeople could lead to distrust in the government and police\ninstitutions,\u201d he stated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ipw-supports-civil-coalition-polri-reform-is-an-urgent-need-1777355522",
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