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There is no urgent reason to extend the tenure of General Badrodin Haiti as Indonesia's National Police chief. President Joko Widodo should be focusing on the next batch of leaders and at the same time keeping his distance from political interests within the police force.

Credit should be given to Badrodin for successfully keeping the peace during last December's local elections. It took place across 300 regions without any major incident, with the police admittedly playing a major role in this positive outcome.

May 31, 2016

There is no urgent reason to extend the tenure of General Badrodin Haiti as Indonesia's National Police chief. President Joko Widodo should be focusing on the next batch of leaders and at the same time keeping his distance from political interests within the police force.

Credit should be given to Badrodin for successfully keeping the peace during last December's local elections. It took place across 300 regions without any major incident, with th

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