LSP’s Zero Multiplier

Mr Said Didu took a swipe at me on social media, calling me an LSP admirer. His remark was evidently a reference to what I said during the plenary session approving the National Police Bill on 9 June 2026, when I described LSP as one of the best National Police Chiefs of all time.

I am not bothered by Mr Said Didu’s criticism. In a democracy, he is free to make assumptions about my character. However, I should explain a doctrine taught to me by a senior colleague in Gerindra, known as the zero multiplier.

In the military, command training and tactical organisations, the term “zero multiplier” refers to a personnel-assessment doctrine in which loyalty and integrity are absolute factors multiplying a soldier’s entire capability. Mathematically, however large a number is, multiplying it by zero still produces zero.

The same applies in LSP’s case. At the plenary session on 6 June 2026, none of us knew about the alleged crime of illegal wiretapping.

But all of his previous achievements, however modest or impressive, become entirely worthless—zero—if he is proven to have wiretapped President Prabowo and many others, including me.

Now is the time to focus on supporting National Police Chief General Suyudi Ario Seto in expediting the investigation into this illegal wiretapping case. Everyone involved must be punished, and the background and motives behind it must be revealed.

Habiburokhman is chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR RI).