The public pays attention to the government plan to expand the Military-Police power. The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) urges a review of the military-police power through a revision of the law.

National Human Rights Research and Analysis Commissioner, Saurlin P. Siagian stated that the National Human Rights Commission has conducted an rapid analysis of draft Law on the Police and the draft Law on the Military, during a public discussion entitled “Expanding the Power vs Strengthening Monitoring” (critical analysis of the draft law on Public Prosecution Office, Law on the Police, and Law on the Military) at Law Faculty of the Trisakti University on Thursday, 13 March 2025.

“On the basis of its mandate, the National Human Rights had done a rapid analysis of eight articles in the draft Law on the Police and five articles in the draft Law on the Military. It believed that there were articles to the amended or eliminated because they were not in line with the spirit of human rights.” He said.

The National Human Rights Commission agreed that there had to be better welfare for Military and Police personnel, but deemed that there was a need to review the expansion of the Police and Military power, on the basis of the implementation of the existing laws.

“The National Human Rights Commission supported measures to improve the welfare of the Police and Military personnel. However, there is a need to review the expansion of the power of the two institutions. For this reason, the government and the parliament have to conduct an evaluation of the implementation of the existing laws. This is vital to ensure that tthe proposed draft laws have solid bases.” Said Saurlin.

The National Human Rights attendance at the public discussion was an opportunity to gather public inputs, particularly from students. Such public input would allow for better representation when speaking with the parliament. (Ast)