KPRP explains recommendation to abolish 'special quota' in Polri recruitment
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Komisi Percepatan Reformasi Polri (KPRP) has explained its recommendation to abolish the practice of ‘special quotas’ in the recruitment of Polri members as part of managerial improvements.
Retired Police General Ahmad Dofiri, a member of KPRP, during a press conference in South Jakarta on Wednesday, explained that Polri recruitment is one of the aspirations frequently raised by the public to the Reform Commission.
He revealed that KPRP had received information regarding certain payments made by individuals to enter the Bhayangkara Corps.
“I mentioned at the beginning the aspiration: ‘Why does joining the police still involve all sorts of payments, shooting from horseback’. Shooting from horseback means they just name-drop, ‘Oh, I know this person through him’,” he said.
Therefore, KPRP recommends eliminating the practice referred to as special quotas to improve the quality of Polri’s human resources.
“It is suspected, for example, there is supposedly a ‘special quota’, then certain channels; these must not be allowed in the future and should be abolished,” he stated.
Furthermore, the retired Polri officer said that KPRP also recommends that the Polri recruitment selection committee should be multi-stakeholder. This means not only involving internal parties but also external ones.
In addition, it is recommended that the announcement of Polri recruitment test results be immediately conveyed to the public within one day.
“This avoids people saying ‘later the files can be changed by the committee and so on’; this prevents that. Announce it directly,” he said.
Dofiri stated that the test results would then be entered into a website so that the entire public can read and know the recruitment results transparently.
The President received several books, including one titled “Jembatan Aspirasi untuk Reformasi Polri” (Bridge of Aspirations for Polri Reform) and “Tindak Lanjut Rekomendasi” (Follow-up on Recommendations).
Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Services, who is also a KPRP member, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, presented the compiled report, which varies in thickness from thousands of pages to short summaries.
The content consists of various proposals and recommendations from the Komisi Percepatan Reformasi Polri for improvements in the police institution.
Yusril emphasised that the submitted recommendations are substantive and have the potential to bring major changes to the police institutional system. In fact, several proposals are considered capable of impacting revisions to the current Police Law.
“If approved, there will be implications for changes to the existing Polri law,” Yusril stated.