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Indonesia Passes Controversial Law Expanding Military Role in Government
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Indonesia's Parliament has passed a revised military law that allows military officers to hold civilian positions without resigning from the armed forces. The revisions have been met with criticism from pro-democracy activists and rights groups, who see it as a threat to the country's young democracy.
The geopolitical changes and global military technology require the military to transform … to face conventional and non conventional conflicts.
We will never disappoint the Indonesians in keeping our sovereignty.
The government's rush to adopt these amendments undercuts its expressed commitment to human rights and accountability.
President Prabowo appears intent on restoring the Indonesian military's role in civilian affairs, which were long characterised by widespread abuses and impunity.
Autocratic legalism will damage the foundations of constitutional democracy because it exploits loopholes in the construction of legal thought.
We've seen this creeping militarisation for quite some time, that's why civil society is right to be alarmed by this trend. But I think the concern that this is back to the New Order is quite overblown at the moment.
sources
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 2.Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs
- 3.House of Representatives
- 4.Human Rights Watch
- 5.Indikator Politik
persons
- 1.Prabowo Subianto
- 2.Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin
- 3.Andreas Harsono
- 4.Dominique Nicky Fahrizal
- 5.Kennedy Muslim
- 6.Rani Siregar
- 7.Supratman Andi Agtas
technicals
- 1.Islam