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        "msgid": "reform-team-reveals-reasons-for-dropping-proposal-to-place-polri-under-ministry-1778190989",
        "date": "2026-05-06 15:17:44",
        "title": "Reform Team Reveals Reasons for Dropping Proposal to Place Polri Under Ministry",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Commission for Accelerating Police Reform (KPRP) has decided against proposing the placement of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) under a ministry, citing its current direct subordination to the President as an ideal product of past reforms. During a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto, the commission presented six key recommendations, including strengthening the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), revising internal police regulations, and maintaining Polri's existing position, which the President explicitly endorsed by rejecting any new security or police ministry. This decision aims to avoid politicising the police structure and builds on previous reform efforts to ensure stability in law enforcement governance.",
        "content": "<p>The Commission for Accelerating Police Reform (KPRP) has revealed the\nreasons behind its decision to abandon the proposal to place the\nIndonesian National Police (Polri) under a ministry when submitting its\nstudy recommendations to President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday\n(5\/5).<\/p>\n<p>Commission member Mahfud MD acknowledged that the idea had sparked\nheated internal discussions within the Commission. However, the group\nagreed to drop the proposal during their meeting with the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Reform Commission debated it at length, the public also provided\ninput, then it was discussed, and in the end, we did not include it as a\nproposal,\u201d Mahfud said during a press conference in the Dharmawangsa\narea of Jakarta on Wednesday (6\/5).<\/p>\n<p>Mahfud reasoned that placing Polri directly under the President was\nseen as too politically charged. The commission views the current\nposition of Polri under the President as a product of past reforms and\nconsiders it ideal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we consider Polri reporting directly to the President as\npolitically, firstly, it is a product of the previous reform that was\nalready discussed so we don\u2019t go back and forth again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the meeting with the President, the Reform Commission\npreviously revealed that the proposal to place Polri under a ministry\nwas also rejected by the President.<\/p>\n<p>Commission member and Coordinating Minister for Law and Human Rights\nImipas, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, emphasised that the President rejected the\nidea of establishing a security ministry or a police ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother important point is that regarding the position of Polri, it\nremains as it is now. Polri is directly under the President, and no\nsecurity ministry or police ministry will be formed, nor will the police\nbe placed under an existing ministry,\u201d Yusril stated.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there are six points of recommendations in the Polri reform\nproposed by the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Besides affirming Polri\u2019s position under the President, the other\npoints include strengthening Kompolnas, the appointment of the National\nPolice Chief, Polri\u2019s assignments in civilian institutions,\nstrengthening managerial and institutional aspects, and revisions to\nseveral internal Polri regulations in the form of 8 Police Regulations\n(Perpol) and 24 Chief of Police Regulations (Perkap).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/reform-team-reveals-reasons-for-dropping-proposal-to-place-polri-under-ministry-1778190989",
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