Police Reform Commission Urges Law Revision, Expanded Oversight

RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - The Commission for the Acceleration of National Police Reform (KPRP) has submitted 10 books containing proposals and recommendations for institutional reform of the National Police to President Prabowo Subianto.

After meeting the president, KPRP Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said the government needs to create or revise regulations to implement the commission’s recommendations.

“We propose revising the National Police Law, which should then be followed by a Government Regulation, Presidential Regulation (Perpres), and Presidential Instruction (Inpres). These will provide directives to the National Police Chief and his staff to carry out the agreed recommendations,” Jimly said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

The recommendations also address 32 existing National Police regulations, including eight National Police Regulations (Perpol) and 24 National Police Chief Regulations (Perkap), which require amendments as part of the internal reform agenda.

Jimly, who served as Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court from 2003 to 2008, said the reform proposals represent a medium-term agenda. “We hope to complete them by 2029. What we have produced is not only a short-term agenda, but also a medium-term one,” he said.

KPRP member Yusril Ihza Mahendra explained that the recommendations include maintaining the current mechanism for appointing the National Police Chief. Under this system, the president submits candidates to the House of Representatives (DPR) for a fit and proper test before approval and appointment.

“The president will follow the current system: submit the candidate to the DPR for approval, then appoint the candidate as National Police Chief,” Yusril said.

Another recommendation affirms that the National Police will remain directly under the president, with no ministry of police or placement under another ministry. The commission also proposes expanding the authority of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), giving its decisions binding force that the National Police Chief must implement.

Yusril noted that expanding Kompolnas’s authority will require revising the National Police Law. “It will be submitted to the DPR as an amendment to the National Police Law. Several articles, particularly those related to Kompolnas and the placement of police officers outside police duties, need to be clarified in the law,” he said. (Misni Parjiati/Lasti Martina)