DPR Member: TNI Performance Allowance Increase Must Impact Work Quality

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Member of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Oleh Soleh, has said that the increase in performance allowances (tukin) for Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) personnel must have a direct impact on improving the quality of their performance.

“Our hope is that this increase in tukin will have a direct impact on improving the TNI’s performance. Soldiers must become ever more professional, disciplined, and optimal in carrying out the duties of the state,” he said in a statement issued in Jakarta on Monday.

The legislator, whose portfolio covers defence, welcomed the decision by President Prabowo Subianto. The policy is seen as a form of state attention to soldiers’ welfare, which has not been adjusted since 2018.

He also expressed confidence that the increase had undergone thorough consideration by the government.

According to him, improving soldiers’ welfare is an important investment in strengthening national defence. With better welfare, soldiers are expected to be more focused on carrying out their duties of safeguarding national sovereignty and security.

“With better welfare, soldiers can be calmer in meeting their families’ needs and more focused on serving the nation and the state. Ultimately, it is the public that benefits, because they will have a TNI that is increasingly professional, modern, and of high integrity,” Soleh said.

Nevertheless, he cautioned that improvements in welfare must also be accompanied by improvements in integrity and compliance with the law. He expressed hope that there would be no more TNI members committing serious violations or acts of violence that could tarnish the institution’s good name.

“It must not happen that after welfare has improved, there are still rogue soldiers committing serious violations or acts of violence. Public trust in the TNI must continue to be upheld through professionalism and obedience to the law,” Soleh said.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto raised the tukin for TNI soldiers and Defence Ministry employees through two presidential regulations, after roughly eight years without any adjustment to the allowance.

The increase in performance allowances for soldiers and personnel within the TNI was set by the President through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 42 of 2026 concerning Performance Allowances for Personnel within the Indonesian National Armed Forces.

Meanwhile, the increase in tukin for Defence Ministry employees was set out in Presidential Regulation Number 43 of 2026 concerning Performance Allowances for Personnel within the Ministry of Defence.