The Constitutional Court Holds 11 Sessions Of The TNI Law Law Law Law Today

The inaugural trial of testing Law Number 3 of 2025 concerning the TNI at the Constitutional Court, Jakarta, Friday (9/5/2025). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - The Constitutional Court (MK) has begun to hear as many as 11 formal test cases and judicial review of Law Number 3 of 2025 concerning Amendments to Law Number 34 of 2004 concerning the Indonesian National Army (UU TNI).

A total of 11 cases were tried in three panel of constitutional judges at the Indonesian Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Friday, starting at 09.00 WIB.

This inaugural hearing was held with a preliminary examination agenda.

Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Suhartoyo together with Constitutional Justices Daniel Yusmic P. Foekh and M. Guntur Hamzah heard Cases Number 56/PUU-XXIII/2025, 57/PUU-XXIII/2025, 68/PUU-XXIII/2025, and 75/PUU-XXIII/2025.

Case Number 56 was requested by three students of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia (UI), Muhammad Bagir Shadr, Muhammad Fawwaz Farhan Farabi, and Tariq Qudsi Al Fahd.

Case Number 57 was filed by three students of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at the State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Bilqis Aldila Firdausi, Farhan Azmy Rahmadsyah, and Lintang Raditya Tio Richwanto. However, in the trial, the petitioners stated their withdrawal.

Case Number 68 was registered by advocates, legal consultants, and students, namely Prabu Sutisna, Haerul Kusuma, Noverianus Samosir, Christian Adrianus Sihite, Fachri Rasyidin, and Chandra Jakaria.

Case Number 75 was filed by four students of the Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University, Muhammad Imam Maulana, Mariana Sri Rahayu Yohana Silaban, Nathan Radot Zudika Parasian Sidabutar, and Ursula Lara Pagitta Tarigan.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Saldi Isra together with Constitutional Justices Ridwan Mansyur and Arsul Sani heard Cases Number 45/PUU-XXIII/2025, 55/PUU-XXIII/2025, 69/PUU-XXIII/2025, and 79/PUU-XXIII/2025.

Case Number 45 was requested by seven students of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Muhammad Alif Ramadhan, Namoradiarta Siaahan, Kelvin Oktariano, M. Nurrobby Fatih, Nicholas Indra Cyrill Kataren, Mohammad Syaddad Sumartadinata, and R.Yuniar A. Alpandi.

Case Number 55 was filed by private employees Christian Adrianus Sihite and Noverianus Samosir.

Case Number 69 was requested by five students of the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University, Moch Rasyid Gumilar, Kartika Eka Pertiwi, Akmal Muhammad Abdullah, Fadhil Wirdiyan Ihsan, and Riyan Fernando.

Case Number 79 was registered with the applicant who is a student of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Brawijaya, namely Endrianto Bayu Setiawan, Raditya Nur Sya'bani, Felix Rafiansyah Affandi, Dinda Rahmalia, Muhamad Teguh Pebrian, and Andrean Agus Budiyanto.

Meanwhile, the panel led by Constitutional Justice Arief Hidayat together with Constitutional Justices Enny Nurbaningsih and Anwar Usman heard Cases Number 58/PUU-XXIII/2025, 66/PUU-XXIII/2025, and 74/PUU-XXIII/2025.

Case Number 58 was requested by students of the Faculty of Social & Humanities at Putera Batam Hidayatuddin University and students of the Faculty of Informatics Engineering, Batam State Polytechnic Respati Hadinata.

Applicants in Case Number 66 are students of the University of Indonesia master's program, namely Masail Ishmad Mawaqif, Reyhan Robeji, Muh Amin Rais Natsir, and Aldi Rizki Khoiruddin.

Petitioner Number 74 was proposed by four students of the Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Indonesia, Abdur Rahman Aufklarung, Satrio Anggito Abimanyu, Irsyad Zainul Mutaqin, and Bagus Putra Handika Pradana.

The preliminary hearing was held for about two hours. After listening to the main points of the petition, each constitutional judge in each panel also provided input to the petitioners.

In addition to these eleven cases, there are still other cases related to the new TNI Law that have not been tried by the Court, such as Case Number 81/PUU-XXIII/2025 submitted by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the Participatory Community Initiative Association for Fair Transition (Imparsial), KontraS, and activists.

Then, Case Number 82/PUU-XXIII/2025 which was requested by FH UGM students has not yet been tried, while the application submitted by individuals on behalf of Mohammad Arijal Aqil et al has not been registered by the Court.