Perpol 10/2025 controversy: Jimly ensures that there is no new appointment of police officers at the Ministry

Chairman of the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission, Prof. Jimly Asshiddiqie/ Photo: ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Chairman of the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission, Prof. Jimly Asshiddiqie, emphasized that for the time being there will be no appointment of National Police officers who are stationed outside the police organization structure.

The affirmation was conveyed following the issuance of the Regulation of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia (Perpol) Number 10 of 2025 which was previously considered as a form of defiance against the Constitutional Court (MK) decision.

"So it's not about banning, but the commitment of the police. As the National Police Chief has said, there will be no new appointments," said Jimly at the National Police Reform Acceleration Commission Post, South Jakarta, Thursday, December 18, 2024.

He explained that the commitment had been conveyed that there would be no appointment of police officers outside the structure after the MK's decision, unless there were clear and certain rules later.

"It was also conveyed that the intention of the issuance of the 10-Year Perpol 2025 is to carry out the decision of the Constitutional Court, especially in regulating members of the National Police who are currently occupying certain positions and causing problems," he explained.

It is known that in the Perpol there are 17 ministries and agencies that can be filled by the police officers. However, according to Jimly, the inclusion of the number has triggered controversy.

"It turns out that there are ministries that are not mentioned. It should not be necessary to limit the number, so that on request from certain ministries or agencies, assignments can be carried out," he added.

For example, he alluded to the existence of the Directorate of Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Forestry. According to Jimly, it makes sense if the Minister of Forestry applies to the National Police Chief to assign a police officer in that position.

"This is based on the need. So don't misunderstand, the police act objectively," he said.

Previously, the National Police Chief had signed Police Regulation Number 10 of 2025 concerning Police Officers who Carry Out Tasks Outside the Organizational Structure.

Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karo Penmas) of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Brigadier General Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko, explained that the regulation regulates the mechanism for transferring active members of the National Police from the National Police organizational structure to positions in ministries or agencies.

He said that the transfer of the post was based on a number of regulations, one of which was Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the National Police.

"There are regulations in Article 28 paragraph (3) of Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the National Police and its explanation, which still have binding legal force after the Constitutional Court's decision Number 114/PUU-XXIII/2025," said Trunoyudo.

Based on the regulation, the National Police then arranged the mechanism for transferring positions through the issuance of Perpol Number 10 of 2025.

A total of 17 ministries and agencies are said to be filled by members of the National Police, including the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections, the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of P2MI, and the Ministry of ATR/BPN.

In addition, assignments can also be carried out at the National Resilience Agency (Lemhannas), Financial Services Authority (OJK), Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Center (PPATK), National Narcotics Agency (BNN), National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), National Intelligence Agency (BIN), National Cyber and Sandi Agency (BSSN), and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

To avoid overlapping positions, Trunoyudo emphasized that the members of the National Police who were assigned would first be transferred to high-ranking officers (pati) or mid-level officers (pamen) in order to be assigned to related ministries or agencies.