Leaving the Barracks to Fight Terrorism
The military is lobbying for support of a draft of a presidential regulation on military involvement in overcoming terrorism. Some circles are opposed this idea, seeing it as overstepping the military’s authority. The government is evaluating the draft.
Hussein Abri Dongoran
June 9, 2020
COMING from his junior at the Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS) of the Indonesian Military (TNI), a telephone call made at the end of last May was immediately answered by Soleman B. Ponto. After some small talks, the colonel on the line asked Soleman to support the draft of the presidential regulation regarding the duties of the TNI in overcoming acts of terrorism. The justice and human rights ministry had turned the draft over to the House of
...