House Speaker Requests Commission I To Summon TNI Commander To Explain Alert Level 1
JAKARTA — House Speaker Puan Maharani has requested Commission I to summon TNI Commander Agus Subianto to explain the elevation of alert level 1 status implemented within the TNI following the escalation in the Middle East.
According to Puan, direct clarification from the TNI is necessary so that the public receives clear information regarding the purpose of this policy.
“Regarding Alert Level 1, we will request the relevant Commission to question the TNI about this matter,” said Puan following a plenary session at the House of Representatives building on Tuesday (10 March 2026).
Nevertheless, Puan recognised that the TNI should always remain ready to address various potential threats.
“It is certainly appropriate that law enforcement and the TNI remain constantly alert, but if an order like this is issued in such a situation, it may be worth questioning whether this is necessary. It would be better for the TNI to provide concrete and clear explanation, which we can then raise through the relevant Commission,” she concluded.
As previously reported, TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto instructed all TNI units to increase readiness to alert level 1 to anticipate increasingly dynamic global developments, particularly the escalation of conflict in the Middle East region.
The order is contained in TNI Commander Telegram No. TR/283/2026, signed by the TNI Commander’s Operations Assistant Lieutenant General Bobby Rinal Makmun on 1 March 2026.
“I must convey that in accordance with the mandate in the TNI Law, one of the TNI’s main duties is to protect the entire nation and all Indonesian territory from threats and disturbances to national and state integrity,” said Aulia.
According to him, the elevation of alert status is undertaken as a precautionary measure against the dynamics of international conflict whilst considering developments in the domestic security situation.
The alert level 1 status applies from 1 March 2026 until an unspecified date.
This includes mobilising personnel and major weapon systems equipment (alutsista).
Additionally, the TNI’s Main Operations Command is instructed to increase security patrols at various strategic vital objects and economic activity centres, such as airports, seaports, railway stations, bus terminals, and other vital facilities.
The National Air Defence Command has been ordered to conduct continuous early detection and air surveillance for 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the TNI’s Strategic Intelligence Agency is asked to instruct Indonesian defence attachés in conflict-affected countries to map the situation of Indonesian citizens as part of preparations should evacuation procedures be required.