Jakarta – Even though nationally the special number plate coded ‘Z’ will be valid in November 2023, it turns out that a number of government agencies are currently using it.
This was acknowledged by the Director of Registration and Identification (Dirregident) of Korlantas Polri, Brigadier General Pol Yusri Yunus.
“Yes, it has started. Some are already using it,” he told the media crew in Jakarta, last Thursday (22/6).
However, this one-star general with the zodiac sign Sagittarius is still reluctant to explain details since when the special plate was issued.
In addition to special plates, renewal of secret category plates has also been implemented and issued to support official activities. Previously, there were two secret plates that were already known to the public, namely the combination of the letters IR and QH.
“But because this is a secret plate, I will not mention what the replacement code is,” said Brigadier General Yusri.
He said, the National Police had stopped extending and submitting special and secret plates since October 10, 2022. These special and secret plates only had a validity period of one year.
This means that as of October 2023 all special and secret plates with the old code, namely RF, IR and QH, are no longer valid and cannot be extended.
For the new special plate, Brigadier General Pol Yusri explained, it will be used by Echelon 1, Echelon 2, Ministries and Institutions, and the TNI/Polri. The license plate of the vehicle still has the number ‘1’ prefix.
“It’s still 1 (first number), if it’s a special number it doesn’t matter if I open it but if it’s a secret number it won’t. The police who used to be ‘RFP’ became ‘ZZP’, the Army ‘ZZD’, that’s all head 1, number 1,” he continued.
The issuance of this plate, he continued, was also not like before because the procedure was claimed to be more stringent. Later there will be verification whether the vehicle complies with the rules for obtaining special and secret license plates.
If appropriate, only then can use a special number plate that is valid for one year.
The order and elimination of the RF, QH and IR combination plates is due to the widespread use of special and secret number plates on cars for which they were not intended. This plate should only be used by someone on duty or on service in a government agency, instead it is used for vehicles and personal purposes. Bembo
