Government Submits Problem Inventory List for Police Bill to House Today

The government, through the Law Ministry, has submitted the Problem Inventory List (DIM) for the Bill on the Amendment to Law Number 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR RI). The DIM was submitted during a working committee meeting at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta on Thursday. Deputy Law Minister Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej explained after the meeting that the government had submitted a total of 112 DIM items for the Police Bill to the House. “This Police Bill is a House initiative. The government then prepared the DIM, which totals 112 items. Of the 112 DIM items, 32 are fixed, 36 are editorial changes, 12 are substantive, and eight are new substance items,” Eddy stated. He explained that in the upcoming discussions, the government and the House would only debate 20 DIM items, comprising 12 substantive items and eight new substantive items. “For the fixed items, it means the government agrees with what the House has proposed. These will not be discussed; the fixed DIM items are the largest group, at 36,” he said. However, Eddy declined to detail the points contained in the eight new substantive DIM items for the Police Bill. He indicated that the House and the government would deliberate on these further next week. “Not yet, we will discuss the substance on Monday,” he added. During the meeting, Commission III and the government briefly discussed several points, such as the definition of the Indonesian National Police and provisions for the honourable discharge of police officers. Debate between legislators and government representatives coloured the session, although the working committee meeting did not review all the DIM items. The Police Bill was formally adopted as a House initiative during a plenary session on Wednesday, 20 May. Following this, Commission III of the House agreed on Monday, 25 May, to form a working committee for the Police Bill to deliberate on the legislation further.