TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian National Police (Polri) questions the results of a survey conducted by Transparency International Indonesia (TII), which says that Polri is the most corrupt institution in Indonesia and ASEAN.
Inspector General Ronny F Sompie, Polri's chief of Public Relations, said that before publishing the survey result to the media, TII should have brought it to Polri Headquarters first. "It should have been brought to us, and have it discussed together," Ronny said on Thursday, July 11.
One of the things that he needs to be questioned in the survey was the comparison between the number respondent and the number of Polri members. "The survey had 1,000 respondents, how could they asses 400,000 members of the police," said Ronny.
He also said that 1,000 respondents cannot represent the views of the entire people of Indonesia. "It was only 1,000 people living in the cities, when in fact most of our officers are stationed in villages," Ronny said.
Such a survey, he added, should be questioned; whether it was carried out on the basis of criticism or merely done to demonize the police corps.
Ronny said that the National Police had done plenty of actions to improve the quality of their work. One of them is by firing members who violate rules. "Almost every year 300 members are fired over violations, it proves how serious we are," he asserted.
A couple of days ago the TII announced the results of their survey which put the police as the number one most corrupt institution in Indonesia. The survey involved 114 respondents, of which 1,000 were samples taken in Indonesia. The 1,000 people came from several cities including Jakarta, Surabaya, Makassar, Medan and Bandung.
FAIZ NASHRILLAH