DPR, Intelligence Supervisory Actor With Most Problems

JAKARTA - Indonesia's weak intelligence performance is allegedly due to a lack of supervision of intelligence agencies. The DPR, as a supervisory agency from intelligence, is listed as the owner of the most problems.

Based on the results of research from the research team of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), it was stated that there were around 55 monitoring problems identified in six supervisory issues, namely conflicts of interest; regulatory weaknesses; weakness of the capacity of supervisory actors; complexity of threats; intimidation, violence and criminalization; and transparency issues.

Photo Illustration By Andry Winnarko (VOI)

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Based on findings released in the title Revealing the Fog of Intelligence Supervision in Indonesia, the DPR has become the supervisory actor with the most problems with a total of 14 problems. Followed by the public 11 problems; president 10 problems; State Independent Institution 7 problems; international institutions 5 problems; as well as district courts and internal intelligence supervisors 4 problems.

The coordinator of the research team from LIPI, Diandra Megaputri Mengko emphasized that there needs to be serious improvements to Indonesia's intelligence supervision. If it is not monitored, it is feared that it will threaten democracy in this country. "From its implications, Indonesia faces the most serious problems in its control of intelligence, intelligence accountability, as well as issues of trust and the availability of public information," said Diandra in an online discussion.

Diandra continued, supervision is not aimed at monitoring itself, but as a medium to ensure professional and democratic intelligence. So the team divided the implications three clusters.

Cluster I has implications for the effectiveness of intelligence and democracy; Cluster II tends to have implications for democracy; Cluster III has implications for intelligence activities.

Deputy VII for Communication and Information of the State Intelligence Agency, Wawan Purwanto, said that every time he carries out his duties and authorities, BIN has been guided by the applicable laws and regulations. "In organizing intelligence, it is guided by Article 2 of Law Number 17 of 2011. From the supervisory side, it is also carried out in a plenary manner. That is, from internal supervision, an intelligence honorary council is carried out and from an external perspective is carried out by Commission I of the DPR RI," he told VOI, Tuesday, December 10.

Commissioner for the Study and Research of Komnas HAM RI, Sandrayati Moniaga, said that research on intelligence institutions in a democratic country is very important to do. Research must continue to produce a policy recommendation, deepening the aspect of intelligence supervision in Indonesia is very much needed," said Sandra.

Monitoring models are not only focused on intelligence effectiveness, but can also be developed to ensure the internalization of human rights principles, anti-corruption, and good service. Intelligence is required to quickly adapt to developing situations, remain subject to applicable rules and maintain transparency.

Military and Intelligence Observer Susaningtyas Nefo Kertopati explained that the intelligence was BIN coordinator, TNI Bais, Baintelkam Polri. This refers to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 90 of 2012 concerning the State Intelligence Agency. Regarding the formation of the DPR Intelligence Supervisory Team, according to him, it is a follow-up to the law. To be precise, Law Number 17 of 2011 concerning State Intelligence.

Article 43 paragraph (2) of the Law states that external supervision of State Intelligence operators is carried out by commissions in the DPR. What specifically handles intelligence, in this case is Commission I of the DPR. "This Intelligence Supervisory Team has existed since the ratification of the 2011 Intelligence Law. I am the Secretary of the Panja," Susaningtyas told reporters, Thursday (5/12/2024).

"The weakness is because it consists of members of the DPR RI, so its existence is rare for a long time in Timwas. As members, it is not necessarily re-elected, change commissions or stay / die," he said.

Nuning said, Timwas can positively provide input so that intelligence performance is better, but on the other hand it can also sometimes make intelligence performance, which generally has a compartment, a bit complicated because members tend to want the intelligence process to be open.

A military observer from the Institute for Security and Strategic Studies (ISESS), Khairul Fahmi, assessed that the DPR Intelligencewas needs to ensure that intelligence activities run according to applicable laws and do not violate human rights. Fahmi highlighted several points so that the DPR's supervisory team would not repeat the mistakes of its predecessor in observing intelligence performance.

According to him, data collection and intelligence operations need to be ensured that they run legally to avoid abuse of power. The DPR Intelligence Supervisory Team can also oversee the budget performance of state intelligence agencies, in order to ensure the effectiveness and accountability of the performance of code-checked institutions.

"Timwas harus memastikan koordinasi yang baik antara badan intelijen seperti BIN, BAIS, dan Baintelkam untuk mencegah duplication tugas dan memastikan pembagaan informasi yang efektif," kata Fahmi

It was these potential abuse or abuse of intelligence that made the House of Representatives (DPR) decide to form an Intelligence Supervisory Team led by the Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. We then guard that then the task, the main function of the intelligence is then not abuse of power or violate the law," he said.

This Gerindra Party politician emphasized that the formation of the DPR Intelligence Supervisory Team was in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 17 of 2011 concerning State Intelligence so that supervision was carried out in layers. "Internal supervision for every state intelligence organizer is carried out by their respective leaders. Furthermore, external supervision of state intelligence administrators is mandated to the DPR," said Dasco.

He added that later the DPR Intelligence Supervisory Team would work if there were discussions about irregularities in the implementation of the state intelligence function. In addition, the Supervisory Team also received aspirations or complaints from the public regarding irregularities in intelligence activities.