Legislator Urges Immediate Passage of Indonesia One Data Bill
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Member of Commission XIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Rieke Diah Pitaoka, is urging the immediate passage of the Indonesia One Data Bill to serve as a legal basis for ensuring national sovereignty over data and the national digital ecosystem.
“A digital nation cannot be built with technology alone. Indonesia must be sovereign over its data and strategic systems, without usurping the sovereignty of the people,” Rieke stated in a briefing received in Jakarta on Thursday.
These remarks were made following the completion of Rieke’s final thesis presentation for the Bachelor of Law programme at the IBLAM School of Law on 9 September 2026.
In her research, titled “State Sovereignty in the National Data and Digital Ecosystem: A Reconstruction of Presidential Regulation Number 39 of 2019 and Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 Based on the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia,” she examined state sovereignty in the management of strategic data and digital systems.
The research found that while Presidential Regulation Number 39 of 2019 regarding Indonesia One Data and Presidential Regulation Number 82 of 2023 regarding the Acceleration of Digital Transformation and Integration of National Digital Services are correlated, they have yet to form an integrated legal architecture that guarantees state sovereignty over data, technology, infrastructure, and strategic digital services.
A critical finding of the study notes that formal ownership does not automatically equate to sovereignty. The state may possess data, applications, or infrastructure de jure, but may lose de facto control if it is unable to audit, modify, migrate, replace providers, recover, and ensure the continuity of systems.
Rieke proposes the concept of “Ultimate Sovereign Control,” which refers to the highest legal authority of the state accompanied by the effective capability to control strategic digital functions.
This concept encompasses sovereignty without digital authoritarianism, integrated data with constitutional authority that remains distributed, state control without state monopoly, technology without strategic dependency, and security, resilience, and constitutional accountability by design.
Rieke argued that technological dependency can become a sovereignty issue when the state becomes trapped in “vendor lock-in,” lacks control over administrative access and technical documentation, finds it difficult to move data, relies on proprietary technology or third-party supply chains, and lacks an exit strategy.
According to the research, the involvement of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), the private sector, and foreign technology providers remains possible, provided that the state maintains the rights to audit, interoperability, portability, migration, provider replacement, recovery, and the continuity of strategic services.
In addition to the passage of the Indonesia One Data Bill, Rieke recommends the reconstruction of Presidential Regulation 39/2019 and Presidential Regulation 82/2023 into an integrated regulatory architecture, including clarifying the institutional framework and the division of authority for Indonesia One Data between the central government, ministries/agencies, and regional governments.
She also recommends that Peruri, SOEs, the private sector, and foreign technology providers must adhere to the standards of “Ultimate Sovereign Control,” which include auditing, interoperability, portability, supply chain control, prevention of vendor lock-in, exit strategies, recovery, and system continuity.