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Lawmakers press ahead with deliberation of controversial bills
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House of Representatives lawmakers attend a plenary session at the legislative complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on May 14, 2024. (Antara/Galih Pradipta)
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he House of Representatives has moved one step closer to revising four laws governing the police, the Indonesian Military (TNI), immigration and the presidential cabinet in the five remaining months of the current lawmakers’ tenure, even as critics protest that the planned changes are not a matter of urgency.
In a plenary session on Tuesday, all nine political parties represented in the House threw their weight behind the bills without any apparent objections, endorsing them as House initiatives and formally starting deliberations on them. The four bills seek to raise the retirement age of National Police officers and TNI personnel and allow for a larger presidential cabinet, among other changes.
The endorsement came less than a month after the House Legislation Body (Baleg) finished drafting the proposed revisions in what critics say was a rushed and cursory process.
A draft of the bill amending the 2002 Police Law obtained by The Jakarta Post contains a provision that would raise the retirement age of officers of certain ranks from 58 to between 60 and 65.
The draft bill would also allow the president, after consulting with the House, to extend the tenure of four-star police generals – the rank of National Police chiefs – indefinitely, without any clear limitations.
The bill revising the 2004 TNI Law would increase the retirement age of TNI personnel of certain ranks, including general, from 58 to between 60 and 65 as well.
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