section_path: History/2025 revision of Indonesian National Armed Forces Law
section_name: 2025 revision of Indonesian National Armed Forces Law
paragraph_text: 2025 revision of Indonesian National Armed Forces Law
  
  The attempts to revise the Armed Forces Law were initiated by 2019–24 term of the DPR, however, it could not succeed due to harsh criticism by various parties. The plans included the expansion for civilian positions allowed to be occupied by soldiers, and allowing soldiers to be involved in businesses. In a plenary session of 18 February 2025, the DPR re-included the revision plan into the Priority National Legislation Programme of 2025. Beginning in March 2025, they began to held meetings with the Indonesian Armed Forces Retirees Association (Pepabri) on 10 March, followed by various elements of the government, including Minister of Defence Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, on 13 March. Next day, Commander of the TNI Agus Subiyanto, as well as chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces, went to attend a meeting of the First Commission of the DPR.
  
  Despite the harsh rejection of this revision, the government continued its discussion, to the extent that the DPR held a closed meeting at Fairmont Hotel in Senayan, Jakarta for two days. On 15 March, the Civil Society Coalition led by Andrie Yunus stormed a representatives meeting held at the hotel minutes before iftar. During the storming, representatives consisting of the First Commission of the House of Representatives were discussing passage the revision of the Armed Forces law behind closed doors for 2 days. The protesters were later dispersed by the security guards. Following this, the second wave of student-led protests erupted, calling for its repeal. The important points of this version, include:
  
  On 19 March, Commission I of DPR and the government finally agreed to ratify the law next day, and it officially took effect on 20 March during a plenary session. This law was strongly criticised by various parties because it would potentially revive dwifungsi, leading to an online petition calling for repeal of the revision on Change.org (as of 28 March, it had been signed by more than 57 thousand people).