JAKARTA, LEGAL LITERACY — Plans by the House of Representatives (DPR) to revise the TNI and Polri Laws need to be stopped. This is due to various problems that may arise from changes to the two laws. President Joko Widodo is expected not to issue a presidential letter (surpres) so that the revision of these two laws cannot be continued to the joint discussion stage between the DPR and the government.

DPR Approval and Next Steps

The DPR has approved the Bill on amendments to Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the National Police and Law Number 34 of 2004 concerning the TNI as a DPR initiative bill on May 28, 2024. Now, the continuation of the discussion of the two bills depends on the government. The President has 60 days to send a surpres if he agrees to discuss the two bills with the DPR.

Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Muhammad Isnur, in a press conference at the LBH Jakarta office, Sunday (2/6/2024), stated that the government must analyze in depth and appropriately the substance of the Polri Bill and the TNI Bill. The civil society coalition found articles that could harm the future of the Indonesian nation, starting from aspects of security, inter-agency relations, protection of human rights (HAM), to democratic space.

Isnur hopes that President Jokowi will not issue a surpres for the TNI Bill and the Polri Bill. "If the President sends a…