President will not Install Gunawan as Police Chief: Law Expert

Jakarta (Antara) -- President Joko Widodo has hinted that he will not install Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, who was named as a suspect in a corruption case, as the Indonesian police chief, a state administrative law expert said. \"The presidential decree that President Joko Widodo issued on January 16 regarding Budi Gunawan\'s dismissal possibly insinuates this,\" Refly Harun, the expert, told journalists here on Thursday. According to Harun, President Joko Widodo played what is known as \"Politics of Java,\" which is characterized by an indirect method of notifying or deciding on something. This includes awaiting the court\'s final decision on the trial process of the case involving Gunawan. Gunawan, whom the anti-graft body named as a suspect in a case of corruption, should be able to catch the message and withdraw from the polemic on his nomination for the post of the police chief, he remarked. On Wednesday, President Joko Widodo had revealed that next week, he would resolve the issues that arose due to the postponement of Commissioner General Budi Gunawan\'s inauguration as the police chief. (*)