Yusril: TNI Duties RPP Still in Internal Drafting Stage

The government states that the Draft Government Regulation on the Duties of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, or RPP Tugas TNI, has not yet entered the final stage and remains in the early formulation process within the relevant ministries and institutions. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the document currently circulating in public cannot yet be called an RPP ready for presidential signature. “What exists is merely an initial draft prepared by TNI Headquarters and the Ministry of Defence, and it is still at the formulation and discussion stage between these two institutions,” Yusril told Tempo on Sunday, 26 February 2026. According to Yusril, the process of forming the RPP is still long. The initial draft must be discussed with relevant ministries and institutions before being refined. After that, the preparation must also be completed with an academic paper and preliminary approval submitted to the State Secretariat. Yusril claims that the government will draft a government regulation that aligns with statutory provisions. “The government will prepare a PP that is in line with the law to be implemented. The PP prepared will not violate the law, so there is no need for concern,” he said. Head of the Defence Information Bureau of the Ministry of Defence Brigadier General Rico Ricardo Sirait said that the RPP Tugas TNI to date is still in the process of inter-ministerial and institutional discussions as a follow-up to the TNI law. “It is not yet a final document nor has it been established,” he said on Sunday. Previously, the RPP Tugas TNI circulated amid the ongoing material review process of Law Number 34 of 2004 juncto Law Number 3 of 2025 at the Constitutional Court. The document dated 9 April 2026 contains 144 articles as derivatives of several TNI Law articles. Several articles appear to have already been discussed by the inter-ministerial committee. The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform assesses that several provisions in the RPP draft are problematic. The coalition examined several articles, including Article 9 paragraph (3) letters g and h which regulate judicial assistance operations and non-combat operations. Article 1 number 8 regarding the definition of non-combat operations. Article 33, Article 35 paragraph (1) juncto Article 41 related to the TNI’s role in assisting regional governments and maintaining security stability. In addition, the coalition also highlighted provisions related to cyber defence in Articles 48 to 69 which have the potential to cause overlapping authorities with several other institutions.