May 22, 2026 | 04:08 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Given the opportunity to meet President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Jimly Asshiddiqie, Chair of the Commission for the Acceleration of Police Reform, spoke at length. In addition to presenting the commission's work, he asked Prabowo to make a decision on an issue the commission had never managed to resolve.Jimly and his team had come to deliver the commission's recommendations. Prabowo had appointed them on November 7, 2025. The recommendations had actually been completed in March 2026, but it took another two months before the group was finally granted an audience at the Palace.One recommendation remained unresolved because the commission itself had split into two camps. The contended point was, should the National Police chief be appointed directly by the president, or should the selection continue to require approval from the House of Representatives (DPR), as it does today.The commission ultimately handed this political hot potato to Prabowo. "If you agree to an appointment process without House approval, I suggest doing it through a government regulation in lieu of law," Jimly told Tempo on Saturday, May 9, 2026, recalling his remarks during the meeting.Read the Complete Story in Tempo English Magazine
