TNI Bill Discussed At The Palace, Is It True To Ask For Presidential Approval?

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Working Committee for the TNI Bill, Utut Adianto, was seen present at the Presidential Palace, Wednesday, March 19. Utut, who also serves as the Deputy Secretary General of the PDIP, does not want to talk much about his presence at the State Palace. The news circulating, Utut conveyed developments related to the TNI Bill to be approved by President Prabowo Subianto. The revision of the TNI Law has attracted public attention because it is said to have revived the TNI's dwifunction. The discussion of the TNI Bill also seemed not transparent and too hasty, thus provoking a number of waves of public protests.