Can President Joko Widodo Risk His Image As Mr Clean Man For General Budi Gunawan?
General Budi Gunawan has been in the spotlight for several weeks now as the result of the controversy regarding his visit to exchange General Sutarman as the primary of the State Police of Indonesia despite allegations that he has been involved in corruption. To many Indonesians, it is surprising to find out that President Jokowi, who will be known as the President with a clean image, would accept the idea of proposing this Budi Gunawan as the sole prospect for a very important position in a legislation enforcement agency such as National Police which ideally should be headed by a man with reliability, a man with no vested involvement in conditions of combating crimes. How can President Jokowi brag about Indonesia free of data corruption under his leadership if he appoints a man stained with a circumstance of suspicious fat bank account? President Jokowi can no longer say that Budi's case is imprecise or only a gossip. The Corruption Eradication Percentage (KPK) has declared Budi as a graft guess. Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Percentage (KPK) has good data with regard to deciding the status of criminal suspect among public representatives.
Meanwhile, President Jokowi has been under mounting pressure to replace his single applicant for National Law enforcement Chief after the anti-graft agency, KPK, declared Basic Budi Gunawan as a corruption suspect. Budi was charged with obtaining fraction for abusing his position. Sources at KPK said Budi Gunawan allegedly determined corruption if he was head of the Bureau of Career Development at the Law enforcement Headquarters in 2003-2006. If President Jokowi insists on appointing Budi Gunawan as the Chief of State Police regardless of what others say, he will hurt million of his voters who voted for his presidency in Oct last year. He will associated risk his credibility and positive image among his topics. He will be arrested of betraying his own people. President Jokowi is certainly much expected to stand up to corruption and getting Budi Gunawan as the Chief of National Authorities is an irony to what he promised his people when he vigorously campaigned for their votes last yr. To the disappointment of millions of Indonesians, the Parliament (DPR) endorsed Standard Budi Gunawan with a near unanimous vote, paving the way for his inauguration as the authorities chief. Will Jokowi, against all odds, go on with his idea to inaugurate Budi Gunawan as the Chief of National Police? If he is inaugurated, Indonesia will have a graft suspect as the police chief, a humiliation for the country and Jokowi himself as the President. Of course, he will face nationwide protest from the people who put him in power weeks ago. Seeing the negative reaction against his idea, Jokowi seemed to hesitate to go further. This individual postponed the inauguration of Budi Gunawan temporarily and appointed Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti as an working Chief of National Law enforcement for the time being. Many Indonesians are inquisitive to know exactly why their President has been so steadfastly willing to give such a crucial position to General Budi Gunawan. Who will be this Budi Gunawan? Many people speculated that former president and leader of Jokowi's political party, Megawati, was behind the appointment of Budi Gunawan as the sole applicant of the main of National Authorities. Budi Gunawan was a former adjutant to Megawati when she was the President of Indonesia years ago.
