progresifjaya.id, JAKARTA – The Chairperson of the Presidium of the People’s Communication Forum for Transparency (FORSI) who is also a police observer and member of the Central PWI Honorary Council, Berman Nainggolan Lumbanraja regrets the theoretical statement of a lecturer at the Jakarta State University (UNJ), Ubedilah Badrun who asked the Kapolri to dismiss the Kapolda Metro Jaya, Irjen Pol Karyoto regarding the extortion case against a Malaysian citizen at the 2024 Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) event. According to Berman, Ubedilah’s statement published by the RMOL.id media was too subjective from a perspective of insight and also not comprehensive.
“Ubedilah is a lecturer in sociology education at UNJ. What is his capacity to make a nonsense statement to the mass media regarding asking the Kapolri to dismiss the Kapolda Metro Jaya, Irjen Pol Karyoto due to the 2024 DWP case. His statement has no strong logical basis to be released to the mass media and published,” Berman emphasized to progresifjaya.id, Wednesday, (8/1).
He explained, that scientifically sociology is a social science that studies society, social behavior, and human relationships with other humans, groups, and their environment. Sociology also studies the structure and character of society, social problems, social phenomena, and social movements. Based on the etymology of this science, Berman continued, Ubedilah clearly has no foundation to release the controversial statement to the mass media.
“The reason he made the statement was so that the trust of the Indonesian people and the international community would be rebuilt. The logical correlation according to him is that the actions of subordinates in the Polri institution are usually always carried out on the orders of superiors or a command system,” said Berman.
“The question now is whether Ubedilah has forgotten that the legal facts of the system are not absolute in their application. Not everything that subordinates do is known to their superiors. Moreover, Kapolda Karyoto is not the direct superior of the extortionists.”
“So, this means that the logical synchronization of the meaning of his statement is very absurd to me. Moreover, in theory, the principle of audie et alteram partem or listening to both parties must also be carried out. So once again, Ubedilah’s statement to RMOL.id is absurd and absurd so that the Kapolri dismisses the Kapolda Metro regarding the 2024 DWP case,” Berman emphasized.
He also said, that as a form of accountability as a leader, Kapolda Karyoto had condemned the dismissal of 31 problematic personnel in the 2024 DWP case. Meanwhile, for the Director of Drug Investigation of the Polda Metro, Kombes Pol Donald Parlaungan Simanjuntak as the direct superior of the perpetrators has also been sentenced to dismissal by the Kapolri.
This pattern of punishment that is carried out quickly, Berman continued, is actually a clear effort by the Polri to build public trust – as is also the reason for Ubedilah’s statement. In addition, he continued, the level of public trust in the Polri is currently quite high and is at 73.1% as of June 2024. So in Berman’s analysis, there is no clear and logical basis for Ubedilah to ask the Kapolri to dismiss the Kapolda Metro Jaya over the 2024 DWP case.
In addition, Berman said, referring to the real work results of Kapolda Karyoto leading the Polda Metro Jaya it must also be acknowledged that the Kamtibmas situation in Jadetabek has been able to be maintained safely, conducively, and under control. The stability of this situation has been proven during the grand holding of the General Election, Presidential Election and Regional Election. In addition, Berman continued, it was only during the leadership of Kapolda Karyoto that there was a hotline for complaints about handling cases at the Polda Metro Jaya for the public. This breakthrough was immediately pushed by Kapolda Karyoto when he had only been Metro 1 for three months in 2023.
“This is real evidence of Kapolda Karyoto’s work as Kapolda Metro Jaya. He wants to show the image of Polri Presisi which is transparent, accountable and professional to the public, not just a slogan. Did Ubedilah Badrun see this side before making a statement? No way. He’s that baloney, bro. Asbun,” Berman emphasized again. (Bembo)