Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives officially appointed Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the new National Police chief during a plenary meeting on Monday.
The plenary meeting, chaired by House Deputy Speaker Fadli Zon, unanimously agreed with Commission III's decision to appoint Tito as the successor of Gen. Badrodin Haiti.
"We welcome Comr. Gen. Tito Karnavian as the next National Police chief [...] the result of this plenary meeting will be followed up on according to the existing mechanism," Fadli Zon concluded the meeting.
The decision followed up a series of confirmation hearings held by House Commission III overseeing legal affairs, which finished last Friday. All political party factions in the commission approved of Tito as the sole candidate to take on the top cop post.
Currently serving as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) chief, Tito will be the first among his 1987 police academy batch to be granted a four-star rank and will become the nation's youngest ever national police chief. (yan)