Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – 12:40 Wib
Yakarta, alive – The Civil Society coalition strongly criticized the planned recruitment of tens of thousands of candidates for the army tamtama in the form of territorial development battalions. The recruitment plan was criticized because it was carried out not for the preparation of the war, but became food security forces for health servants.
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“The coalition considers that the recruitment plan has left the main task of the TNI as a state defense tool“said the press release of the civil society coalition cited on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
The civil coalition evaluates that the TNI is recruited to be trained if in an urgent state that the war requires. But, the recruitment of dozens of possible soldiers will actually be in charge of plantations agriculture.
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“The TNI was recruited, trained and educated for war. And, not to take care of affairs outside the war, such as agriculture, plantations, animal breeding or health services.“The content of the civil society coalition continued.
According to the civil coalition, recruitment policy also violated the main task of the TNI as a means of national defense. The task of the TNI was regulated in the Constitution and the TNI law.
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The states of the civil coalition changes in the strategic environment and the threat of a more complex and modern war really require that the TNI is concentrated. The TNI is also obliged to have specific experience in the field of war.
“In that context, place the TNI to take care of things outside the defense will weaken the TNI. And, making the TNI be discouraged to face the threat of war itself. And, indirectly will threaten the sovereignty of the country“The civil coalition continued.
Even the civil coalition evaluates the recruitment and participation of TNI for issues such as agriculture, plantations, animal breeding and health services is a form of failure. Because, to maintain the limits of democracy, there must be a separation between civil and military affairs.
In fact, the Constitution of the Constitution of 1945 and the TNI Law have established restrictions on the TNI that clearly did not have the authority to take care of agriculture, plantations, animal breeding and health services.
“This certainly hurts the spirit of the TNI reform that wants the formation of a professional TNI and no longer joins to take care of civil issues“The statement explained.
The Civil Coalition also urged Indonesian President Pabowo Subianto and the Indonesian Parliament to carry out excessive supervision and evaluation of the recruitment and participation of the TNI. The way in which it is criticized has violated the identity of the TNI as a means of national defense in accordance with the mandate of the Constitution and the TNI law.
The coalition of civil society that highlights this issue consists of Insumial, YLBHI, Kontras, PBHI, International Amnesty of Indonesia, Elsam, Human Law Working Group (HRWG), Walhi, Instituto Setara, Centra Initiative, Institute of Legal Aid (LBH) Jakarta, Legal Institute of AID (LBH), to the Institute of Legal Aid (LBH).
It is known that the head of the Indonesian Army Information Office (Kadispen) Brighen Wahyu Yudhayana declared that there were plans to recruit up to 24,000 candidates to form a new organizational structure in the form of territorial development battalions.
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Even the civil coalition evaluates the recruitment and participation of TNI for issues such as agriculture, plantations, animal breeding and health services is a form of failure. Because, to maintain the limits of democracy, there must be a separation between civil and military affairs.
