Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani has denied that the official manuscript of the revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI), which was approved at a DPR plenary meeting on Thursday March 20, cannot be accessed by the public.
Maharani claimed that previously there were technical obstacles so that the manuscript had not been published. However, she gave assurances the draft of the TNI Law can now be accessed on the DPR's website.
"It's been solved, there was indeed a problem but it's already been solved. Try reading it", said Maharani after chairing a plenary meeting at the closing of the DPR current sitting period in Jakarta on Tuesday March 25.
She revealed that the TNI Law manuscript had only just been allocated a number. Maharani requested that the public look at the points in the revisions before continuously declaring their opposition.
"Is there then there is something inappropriate, whether it be the contents, then if there are suspicious, whether the contents are indeed not in accordance with what was hoped for", said the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician.
Maharani wants the public to examine the changes to the TNI Law before and after being passed. She does not want people to reject it based only on assumptions without knowing the substance. "So please help us together and please read, it's already on the DPR's website and can be read by the public", she said.
Based on a search by CNN Indonesia however, the new TNI Law manuscript that was passed on March 20 has not yet been included on the DPR's Secretariat General Legal Information and Documentation Network (JDIH) website
As of 12:30 pm local time, the site jdih.dpr.go.id only contains Law Number 1/2025 on State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). (thr/tsa)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Puan Klaim Draf UU TNI Hasil Paripurna Sudah Bisa Diakses Publik".]
