Syafii Maarif: Jokowi 'will not be inaugurated' Budi Gunawan as the Chief of Police

Syafii Maarif: Jokowi 'will not be inaugurated' Budi Gunawan as the Chief of Police

President Joko Widodo will not induct candidate for police chief Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, as stated by the chairman of the independent teams for completion conflict-Police Commission, Syafii Maarif.

"The President has called me and conveyed the cancellation of the inauguration," said Syafii told reporters in Yogyakarta.

In a discussion in Jakarta, Erry Riyana Hardjapamengkas, independent team members, said the decision was in accordance with the recommendations submitted to Jokowi team last week.

"We recommend that do not induct BG as Police chief, and Jokowi also receives input from a number of other parties," said Erry.

Joko Widodo President himself told journalists said they would resolve this problem Police chief chaotic nomination next week.

If canceled the inauguration Budi Gunawan as Police chief, the president will give a new name as his successor.

The weakening of combating corruption

We recommend not to induct BG as Police chief, and Jokowi also receives input from a number of other parties. "Erry Riyana Hardjapamengkas

Program Director of Transparency International Indonesia (TII), Ilham B. Saenong, Joko Widodo has advised that following the procedure already lived to have a clean officials.

"I advice president to re-engage the Commission and INTRAC in selecting candidates for police chief, in order to elect people who really clean," said Ilham in the discussion in Jakarta.

Budi Gunawan named as a suspect by the Commission after President Jokowi nominated as Chief of Police.

Although it has been named as a suspect case of corruption, the Parliament approved the nomination of Budi Gunawan remains, which now filed a pretrial.

Not long after the suspect status was dropped to Budi Gunawan, police arrested Widjojanto deputies on charges of directing the witness to give false testimony in the case of election disputes in the Constitutional Court.

Besides Bambang, three other KPK leaders were reported to the police.

A number of people have mentioned this effort to weaken the anti-corruption agency.