JAKARTA - Head of the Information Center of the TNI Headquarters (Kapuspen) TNI Headquarters Major General Kristomei Sianturi said his party was ready to carry out Presidential Decree No. 66 of 2025 concerning the Protection of the State against Falam Prosecutors in carrying out the duties and functions of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office.
"This is part of the TNI's role in supporting national stability in a broad and synergy between state institutions," Kristomei said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 22.
According to him, the newly ratified Presidential Decree will provide a clear portion for the TNI in carrying out security.
The TNI, said Kristomei, will work more optimally because it already has a legal basis in the eyes of the government.
"This Presidential Regulation is a form of state commitment in ensuring law enforcement officers, especially prosecutors, can carry out their duties and functions safely and free from intimidation or threats," he said.
This Presidential Decree, said Kristomei, will also emphasize the realm of TNI's work in securing the prosecutor's office. Thus, the legal handling process being carried out by the prosecutor will not be disrupted or intervened by the TNI.
"The implementation of this task will always remain within the corridor of the law, and will be carried out according to procedures, the principle of assistance and a memorandum of understanding between institutions," saidristomei.
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Previously, the Presidential Decree, which consisted of 6 chapters and 13 articles, was stipulated by President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Wednesday (21/5), then promulgated on the same day by Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi.
In the Presidential Decree, the prosecutor and his family are entitled to state protection which will be given by the Indonesian National Police (Polri).
Article 4 of Presidential Decree No. 66/2025 regulates the protection of the state for prosecutors and the Prosecutor's Office given by the Police and the TNI. Then, Article 5 and Article 6 detail the state protection given specifically by the Police to the prosecutor.
Article 5, which consists of three verses, the full details read as follows: 1. The protection of the state carried out by the National Police is given to the prosecutor and/or family members; 2. Family members as referred to in paragraph (1) are people who have blood relations in the upper or lower lines, and lines sideways up to the third degree, people who have a marriage relationship, or people who are dependents of the prosecutor; 3. In providing state protection as referred to in paragraph (1), the National Police can coordinate with other agencies.
Meanwhile, Article 6 of Presidential Decree No. 66/2025 reads as follows: Protection of the state as referred to in Article 5 is given in the form of protection of personal security, shelter, new residence or safe house, property, identity confidentiality, and/or other forms of protection in accordance with conditions and needs.
In the same Presidential Decree, Article 8 and Article 9 regulate the protection of the state provided by the TNI to the Prosecutor's Office and escort the prosecutor.
Article 9, which consists of two paragraphs, the full details are as follows: 1. The protection of the state as referred to in Article 8 is given in the form of: (a) protection of the Prosecutor's institution, (b) support and assistance of TNI personnel in escorting prosecutors while carrying out their duties and functions, and/or (c) other forms of protection in accordance with strategic conditions and needs;
2. Other forms of protection in accordance with strategic conditions and needs as referred to in paragraph (1) letter c are matters relating to sovereignty and national defense.
In the Presidential Decree, further provisions regarding the protection of the state provided by the National Police to prosecutors as regulated in Article 5 and Article 6 refer to the provisions of the legislation, while for further provisions on the protection of the state provided by the TNI as stipulated in Article 8 and Article 9 are jointly determined by the Attorney General and the TNI Commander.
Then, Article 11 of Presidential Decree No. 66/2025 regulates the issue of sources of funds in the protection of the state, both those provided by the Police and the TNI, to the Prosecutor's Office and prosecutors. The costs that appear are fully charged to the Prosecutor's budget in the APBN. However, for the protection provided by the Police, the budget can also be obtained from other sources of funding that are valid and not binding in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.
Apart from that, the protection of the state that is entitled to be accepted by the prosecutor will only be given when there is a request from the Prosecutor's Office.
In addition to the matter of protection, Presidential Decree No. 66/2025 also regulates other provisions, especially related to the cooperation between the Prosecutor's Office and the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and the TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).
Article 12 of Presidential Decree No. 66/2025 fully reads as follows: 1. In order to support the implementation of tasks and functions, the Prosecutor's Office can cooperate with BIN and BAIS; 2. Cooperation is carried out in the form of at least education and training, and/or data and information exchange; 3. Further provisions regarding cooperation are set together by the Attorney General and the Head of BIN/Panglima TNI in accordance with their authority.
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