A Political Home for the Police

Debate on the National Security Law has been delayed, due to arguments over the status of the police force. Being directly under the President is not the ideal position.

January 16, 2007

THE debate over the position of the police force, which came out of the draft of the National Security Law, is both good and necessary. Produced by the Defense Department, the draft immediately sparked a heated public argument. But such a discourse needs to happen, given that the right political position for the police must be first determined. Since separating from the Indonesian Military (TNI) seven years ago, the police have been under the Ind

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