section_path: Background/March protests
section_name: March protests
paragraph_text: March protests
  
  In March 2025, protests began to renew after Indonesian National Armed Forces Law underwent revision by the DPR. The important points of this version, include:
  
  On 19 March, Commission I of DPR and the government agreed to ratify the law next day, and it officially took effect on 20 March during a plenary session. This law caused strong criticism from various parties because it would potentially revive dwifungsi, leading to an online petition calling for repeal of the revision on Change.org (as of 19 March, it has been signed by more than 26 thousand people). At the same time, the perception of TNI began to deteriorate following a police raid on cockfighting gamble site incident at Way Kanan, Lampung, which led into deaths of 3 policemen after being shot by 2 soldiers and a test-drive car theft, which killed a car salesman after being shot by a Navy sailor at North Aceh, both were happened on March 17.