Regional leaders misinterpreted<\/p>\n
From Koran Tempo<\/p>\n
The recent rejection of Brig. Gen. Ismeralda Lebang as North
\nSulawesi's regional police chief candidate, which was voiced by
\nvarious social groups in Manado, is ironic and will be an
\noffensive precedent in similar cases in other provinces.<\/p>\n
Professional career promotion within the National Police
\nalways considers the assignment of cadres, so that whatever
\noffice is chosen for the relevant officer, there is nothing to
\nargue unless the track record is poor.<\/p>\n
The resistance of regional communities to military and police
\nfunctional appointments is in fact relatively more lenient than
\nto governors' designation. However, if such opposition still
\ntakes the form of a street demo without clear motivation, it will
\nincrease the confusion in interpreting personnel assignment like
\nthat involving Ismeralda Lebang. While military and law
\nenforcement institutions are no longer affected by issues of
\nreligion, ethnicity or regionalism, it is indeed tragic if career
\nfunctions are misunderstood in regions.<\/p>\n
In the event of other regions imitating the move, the nation
\nwill only be wasting its energy to question the eligibility of a
\nregion's functional appointment when the relevant post is not
\nfilled by an indigenous figure. This also reflects a mistaken
\napplication of regional autonomy, with the assumption that all
\npositions must be held by leaders of local or regional origin.<\/p>\n
Indonesia should of course be run by the country's best sons,
\nwho are ready to be assigned anywhere in this vast archipelago.<\/p>\n
ACHMAD TAHIR RATU<\/p>\n
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