TNI Guard The DPR building, Head of Commission I: There was no permanent discussion

Jakarta -Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission I Dave Laksono responded to TNI soldiers deployed to guard the DPR/MPR building, Senayan, Central -Jakarta. Dave said the safety of civil objects such as the DPR was in principle under the coordination of the National Police. “The placement of TNI staff in the Indonesian parliament building is certainly a general concern, especially in the context of maintaining national stability and safety. However, it is necessary to emphasize that institutional, the security of civil objects such as the Indonesian parliament is under the coordination of the national police, in accordance with appropriate regulations,” said Dave on Sunday (9/21/2025). He emphasized the statement of Defense Minister Shafrie Shamsoeddin, saying that the deployment of TNI members was executed until the condition was more conducive or temporary. Dave said that so far there was no discussion of the TNI guard in the DPR to be permanent or not. Browse to continue the content “on the statement of the Minister of Defense that the guard will last until the situation is more conducive, I understand it as a temporary step that responds to the dynamics of safety lately. Until now, there has been no official discussion in the Indonesian parliament about the possibility of permanent TNI involvement in the acquisition of parliament,” he said. This Golkar legislature will investigate the management of defense and civil-military relations. Most importantly, says Dave, do not allow the command to be contrary to the functions and roles of each institution. “The Commission of the House of Representatives I will certainly investigate this development carefully, including defense and civil-military relations. In principle, every security policy must be proportional, according to the legal corridor, and not hide the functions and roles of each institution,” Dave said. “We will continue to coordinate on commissions and related institutions, so that the handling of this issue continues in the spirit of democracy and constitutionality,” he added. It is known, the parliamentary building complex has been guarded by TNI troops after a number of riots of civil society. The TNI emphasized its troops in the MPR/DPR/DPD building complex. There is a basis for the rules. Based on AFP records, Saturday (20/20/2025), TNI troops still hold the parliamentary complex to two weeks after a series of riots in Jakarta. Defense Minister (Defense), Shafrie Shamsooeddin, said his party had approved the DPR building to be guarded by TNI staff. “The TNI will maintain a symbol of state sovereignty in the DPR, so I have approved and the head of the chief (TNI) will follow up with the staff head (TNI) that the DPR’s installation is guarded by the TNI,” Shafrie said after a working meeting with the House of Representatives Commission I in the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday (16/9). Shafrie said at the time that the TNI guard would be performed until the atmosphere was more conducive. Former Pang Dam Jaya rate, if necessary, will be the TNI in the community. “Until he said it was conducive, more conducive. Yes, that was the job of the situation, if necessary, we had to be in the midst of the people,” he said. Also watch the video of commission XIII about the TNI that maintains the parliament building: We work a safe situation (DWR/IDN)