Holds Meeting At Luxury Hotels, DIM Revision Of TNI Law 40 Percent Completed

Member of Commission I DPR TB Hasanuddin/DOK PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Member of Commission I DPR from the PDI-P (PDIP) faction TB Hasanuddin said the discussion of the problem inventory list (DIM) for the Revision of Law Number 34 of 2004 concerning the TNI reached 40 percent.

The House of Representatives Commission I and the government again held a consignment meeting of the Working Committee (Panja) for the Revision of the TNI Law at the Fairmount Hotel, Central Jakarta, Saturday, March 15. This activity has been carried out since Friday, March 14 which lasts until 22.00 WIB.

"Last night we were only able to complete about 40 percent of the number of DIMs. I didn't know exactly, something like that, that's what we finished from 92 DIMs," TB Hasannudin told reporters.

Even so, TB Hasanuddin said the DPR and the government discussed intensely the retirement age limit for TNI soldiers and officers. "It was discussed then also calculated variables, what about non-commissioned officers, retired soldiers, and so on," he said.

From this discussion, the Director General of Budget said there were no obstacles if the retirement period was extended.

"With a note, usually this pension continues, right, so every year even every day someone retires, according to their respective age. And then of course it will be taken into consideration for input and output, something like that," he explained.

Hasanuddin said the DIM discussion would continue. He said the meeting had started at 10.00 WIB and it was not yet known what time it would end.

For information, the revision of the TNI Law invited polemics because it was feared that it would revive ABRI's dyafunction. There are a number of proposed changes in the DIM Revision of the TNI Law from the government, including the expansion of the placement of active TNI soldiers in 15 ministries and institutions.

Even though it has been expanded, the government proposes TNI soldiers to occupy civilian positions outside 15 ministries and institutions. However, on condition that you have to retire early.

Then, this revision aims to determine the increase in the age of service for soldiers up to 58 years for non-commissioned and non-commissioned officers. Meanwhile, the official service period for officers can reach the age of 60 years.

In addition, there is a possibility that the official term will be extended to 65 years for soldiers who occupy functional positions. As for the 4-star high-ranking officers, the retirement period is in accordance with the president's discretion.