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DEFENSE

The state Defense ad Security is focused on the integrated power of Indonesian Defense Forces or TNI, the Police and the people, supported by all national wealth. Therefore, the system of defense and security of the Indonesian State is called SISHANKAMRATA (The system of Overall People’s Defense and Security)


Government Policy

  • To Maintain and step up national defense by growing and fertilizing the sense of love towards the motherland, nation, social and state consciousness in order to realize a nation in an integrated society based on Pancasila and 1945 constitution.
  • To realize the Nusantara archipelago with its national jurisdiction territory as a state defense and security unity in forming the Nusantara Outlook.


Steps taken by the Government

In line with the people’s demand for reform to the whole of the nation, especially in the field of political, law, and economic, so that government have taken several concrete steps covering:
  • The attitude and political opinion of the military on its socio-political roles.
  • Attitude and political opinion of TNI on its new-paradigm in the 21st Century.
  • The separation of the Police from TNI stated in TNI-commander-in-Chief decision issued on April 1, 1999 as the start of transformation.
  • The abolition of central and regional socio-political council.
  • The alteration of socio-political staff to be “territorial staff”.
  • The liquidation of some social-political and promotional agencies in the military such as “Syawan ABRI Skamtibmas and Babinkar, Sospoldam, Babinkardam, Sospol Korem”
  • Abolition of TNI social works through the decision of retirement and status change.
  • The decrease of ABRI faction number in DPR(House of Representatives).
  • TNI will never be involved again in practical politics as well as politics at present.
  • The severance of organizational relation from Golkar Party and taking a same distance with all political parties.
  • The statement of commitment and consistency of TNI attitude in general election.
  • Alteration of related paradigm of TNI with greater military family (KBA) and revision of software equipment of various TNI doctrines.


KAMRA (People’s Security)

The government has formed “KAMRA” amounting to 40,000 persons in order to help the police’s tasks. The policy is taken by the government in view of state defense and security having a close relation with the concentration of attitude and determination of the Indonesian people to defend and maintain the unit of the Republic of Indonesia, where those efforts become a pride and honor for every citizen.

TNI presence in DPR decreased

The government has decreased the number of military seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). The total number of TNI fraction in DPR has decreased from 75 persons to 38 persons now, consisting of 17 persons of the Army, 8 persons of the Navy, 8 persons of the Air Force and 8 persons of the Police.