Civil coalition: return the TNI as a function of defense equipment

Jakarta – Civil society coalition emphasized the role of the TNI that entered the age of 80 years. According to the coalition, the TNI has increasingly entered the political and civic space, so that the discussion of TNI reform must be expressed. Through a discussion entitled ‘responds to the 80th anniversary of the TNI’ at the Imparsial Office, to Betbet, South Jakarta, the row of speakers was present as a civil society coalition, namely from Centra initiative, Ylbhi (Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation), contrast (Commission for missing people and imposes) and imposes. Zainal Arifin as chairman of the Ylybhi Preservation Division began a discussion by questioning the current role of the TNI. “We, of course, when talking to friends in the coalition, everyone who loves the TNI, because we are part of its love, we must put the TNI again as a defense tool on functions,” Zainal said in a discussion that took place on Saturday (4/10/2025). Browse to continue the content “There is no democratic state with military politics. Our Constitution is strict, Indonesia is a rule of law. The military must be positioned again in its function as a defense instrument, and not enter practical or business politics,” Zainal added, there were a number of things that were then from military figures. According to Zainal, the TNI must be returned according to the constitutional road. “In the era of President Prabowo, many military figures entered the cabinet. There were even active tnis that could still hold civil positions because of the legal umbrella of the Revision of the TNI Act No. 3 of 2025” if the TNI was buried, rice or care, it is not the function. The TNI that we are proud of is the one who retains the territory of the border and state sovereignty, “Zainal continued. Continued. In fact, according to the TNI legislation in 2004, the TNI policy should not make policy, ‘says Ardi. If the TNI is added to take care of the distribution of drugs without engaging in the Ministry of Health, it could be the second disaster, ‘Ardi said. Tni, “he said. On the other hand, contrast also provided notes on the TNI. This note is one of them emphasizing the ominous violence committed by the TNI. “Contrast found that in recent years, exactly from October 2024 September 2025, 85 incidents. This violence was distributed in the western and eastern point of Indonesia. Violence is in the form of persecution to shooting. “The incident occurred from the western point of the Eastern Indonesia, with the island of Papua as an epicenter of violence with 23 events. The events occurred in various forms, such as 38 acts of prosecution, 13 torture, 19 intimidation, even 11 shooting,” he said. Contrast noted that 182 people had become victims, including 64 people injured or even 31 people dead. In addition, the Indonesian Matra became the party that committed the most Matra with 47 events. Related to the mobilization of troops to Papua, the formation of 6 Military Regional Commands (Kodam) in the area of ​​the National Strategic Project Location (PSN). The purposes of safety and implementation of PSN by the territorial battalion of development in Papua that reached 2,108 soldiers, “he explained. Not only that contrast also emphasized military intervention in the civil kingdom, including in the academic kingdom. The creation of professional TNI institutions reduces instead the objectives of the most important agenda of the reform of the safety sector itself, “he said. Also watch the video ‘TNI keep the 80th anniversary clean, there is an attraction for fighter aircraft’: (Call/WNV)