Government and Parliament Agree on Four-Year Term for Kompolnas Members, Extendable by One Period
The Working Committee (Panja) for the Draft Law on the Amendment to Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the National Police has agreed that the term of office for members of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) shall be four years, renewable for one additional period. This agreement was reached during the discussion of the Problem Inventory List (DIM) for the Police Bill between Commission III of the DPR RI and government representatives at the DPR Building in Jakarta on Monday, 8 June 2026.
“DIM 104: members of the National Police Commission shall hold office for four years and may be re-elected for only one additional term,” stated Deputy Minister of Law, Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej.
Prior to this decision, the provisions regarding the term of office for Kompolnas members had sparked debate. Proposals had emerged to limit membership to five years without the possibility of extension.
“Kompolnas is attached to the President. The President serves a five-year term. If the President is re-elected, then so be it, but if a different President takes office, it would be strange for them to continue. They serve as an instrument of the President,” said the Chairman of Commission III, Habiburokhman.
The Head of the Legal Division of the Indonesian National Police, Inspector General Agus Nugroho, explained that the extension of the Kompolnas term refers to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 17 of 2011 concerning Kompolnas. “It is stated there that the term is indeed four years, but if changes are made in this forum to align with the President’s term, as previously mentioned, we believe that presents no issue,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Hiariej explained that the reason for setting the term at four years with one possible extension is to align it with the term of office for members of the Attorney General’s Commission. According to the Deputy Minister of Law, this is also intended to avoid perceptions of discrimination between state institutions should the enacted Police Bill be challenged in the Constitutional Court.
Although he acknowledged that such regulations are not explicitly stipulated in the Attorney General’s Law, Hiariej emphasised that the norms regarding the term of office for members of state institutions remain an open legal policy. Responding to the matter, Habiburokhman noted that terms for positions not directly elected by the people should be regulated carefully to ensure that state institutions do not merely become places for certain individuals to seek employment.