Indonesia
Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas (left) hands over a document containing the government's response to the revision to the 2002 Police Law to House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad on June 9 during a House plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta. In the session, the House passed the new law unanimously. (Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto)
The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a controversial amendment to the 2002 Police Law, allowing an expanded role for active-duty police officers in civilian posts through rushed deliberations that took less than a week.House Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, a politician from President Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party, led the plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, where all eight political parties in the House unanimously passed the bill into law.
Also attending the session were National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas and his deputy Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej.
Agtas conveyed the President’s approval of the bill and said it served to help the force “adapt to increasingly complex public security and order challenges.”
