Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9
Indonesia Parliament Passes Law Letting Police Hold Civilian Posts in 4th-Most-Populous Nation
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

Indonesia Parliament Passes Law Letting Police Hold Civilian Posts in 4th-Most-Populous Nation

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

Summary

  • Tuesday’s plenary session approved a legal revision allowing Indonesian police officers to take civilian or non-police government jobs.
  • The law permits those appointments when posts are unrelated to policing, requested by a ministry or agency, or assigned by the president.
  • Indonesia’s government is effectively codifying a practice already in use, expanding the formal role of security officials inside civilian administration.
  • The change could deepen police influence across government in the world’s fourth-most-populous country.

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Bloomberg4d ago
Indonesia Parliament Passes Law Expanding Police Role in Civilian Government
kompas.id4d ago
The Government and the House of Representatives' Working Committee on the National Police Bill Loosen Regulations on Police Serving in Civil Service Positions

Insights

Is Indonesia's new law a cure for bureaucratic weakness or a Trojan horse for military control over the state?
As activists are attacked and dissent silenced, who will hold Indonesia's newly empowered security state accountable?

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Left100%
Bloomberg4d ago
Indonesia Parliament Passes Law Expanding Police Role in Civilian Government
kompas.id4d ago
The Government and the House of Representatives' Working Committee on the National Police Bill Loosen Regulations on Police Serving in Civil Service Positions