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President Joko Widodo officially inaugurated the new Chief of National Anti-Narcotics Agency Inspector General, Heru Winarko at the State Palace in Jakarta on Thursday (1/3). The inauguration was attended by high-ranking officials, such as Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Zulkifli Hasan, Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo, and Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPRD) Oesman Sapta Odang, some ministers in the Working Cabinet, as well as Indonesian Military (TNI) and Indonesian Police Chief (Polri) high-ranking officers. After the inauguration, President Joko Widodo affirmed that with the background as Deputy Action at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Heru is expected to carry out good governance standards as applied in the KPK to the National Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNN). The President also hopes that in the future, BNN can reduce the number of drug users and drug trafficking across Indonesia.

“We want BNN to have good standards that Heru has applied in KPK. There are standards brought from KPK to BNN. There are standards of governance, and standards of organizational governance. Most importantly, it’s the integrity side, because of the circulation of drugs; it is very huge money. The turnover is a lot. It's easy to tempt people to do something bad,” President Joko Widodo said.

Meanwhile, the new Chief of BNN, Heru Winarko said that the handling between drugs and corruption is almost the same. In the future, BNN will continue to cooperate across sectors to minimize drug trafficking and reduce the number of drug users in Indonesia as far as possible. On the other hand, former Head of BNN Police Commissioner General Budi Waseso said that taking drugs cases is not easy. However, Budi Waseso is sure that with integrity and strong commitment, Heru Winarko can continue his hard work to combat drugs well. (KBRN/transbyAlika)