Legitimate! Contents And Meaning Of The Latest TNI Bill Approved By The DPR RI

Content and meaning of the latest TNI Bill (Between)

YOGYAKARTA - The TNI Bill was officially passed as a law by the DPR RI. Palu's ratification was knocked by the Chairman of the DPR, Puan Maharani, at the Plenary Meeting on Thursday (20/3) afternoon. Let's see what the contents and meanings of the latest TNI Bill have finally been implemented.

The ratification meeting was attended by as many as 293 members of the council. The ranks of the leadership of the DPR who were also present were Deputy Speaker of the DPR Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Adies Kadir, and Saan Mustopa. The ratification that was carried out today is a continuation of the discussion and ratification at level I during the Commission I working meeting of the DPR and the government on Tuesday (18/3).

As many as eight or all factions of political parties agreed that the bill be passed. This TNI bill contains a number of changes and there are three points that are highlighted by the public. To be able to understand what the changes are, let's look at the contents and meanings of the latest TNI Bill.

Revision of Law Number 34 of 2004 concerning the Indonesian National Army (TNI) involves a number of significant changes. There are a number of points that need to be noted, starting from the addition of the number of ministries and institutions that can be filled by members of the TNI, the retirement age limit for soldiers, and the authority in OMSP.

The following is the content of the TNI Bill which was officially passed by the DPR and what changes are contained in it:

Prior to the revision, the old TNI Law only allowed 10 institutions that could be filled by active TNI soldiers. Meanwhile, in the latest TNI Bill, it has been added to 16 institutions that can be occupied by members of the TNI.

The following is a list of institutions that can be filled or held by active TNI soldiers based on the old TNI Law:

Then the TNI Bill expands civil office for active soldiers by adding the following six institutions:

The government has implemented this policy as a step to strengthen coordination in the field of national security and emergency response, especially in institutions such as BNPB and BNPT.

Another important point contained in the TNI Bill is regarding the rules for the retirement age of soldiers. After being ratified, the TNI Law regulates the change in the retirement age of the soldiers as follows:

The addition or extension of the retirement age of TNI members is applied based on indicators of increasing life expectancy and productivity of the Indonesian people.

The TNI Bill also regulates the addition of TNI members' duties in military operations other than war (OMSP). After the ratification of this bill, the task of non-play of TNI soldiers increased from 14 to 17 kinds.

The following is a complete list of non-war tasks or OMSP members of the TNI before the latest TNI Bill is passed:

From the OMSP tasks above, the latest TNI Bill adds a role in tackling drug trafficking and cybersecurity. In addition, the involvement of the TNI in the two new tasks does not cover the realm of law enforcement.

Although the above points sparked polemics in society, the government made a number of changes to the TNI Bill to follow the growing political and national security dynamics.

Such is the review of the contents and meaning of the latest TNI Bill which was officially ratified by the DPR RI. The change in the TNI Law contains a number of important points regarding the expansion of positions for the TNI, the extension of the retirement age, and the addition of OMSP duties. Also read PDIP supports the revision of the TNI Law.

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