TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) passed revisions to the National Police Law on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. The legislation contains a number of new provisions and amendments, but its two most significant elements are the extension of police service periods and new rules governing the placement of active-duty police officers in ministries and government agencies.
Final deliberations between the House and the government moved swiftly, lasting less than two weeks. Deputy Law Minister Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej rejected claims that passage of the revised Police Law was rushed. According to him, the government had been discussing the draft since 2024. “It should have been faster,” he said in a special interview in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
During a question-and-answer session that lasted more than an hour, Eddy Hiariej—as Edward is commonly known—explained the negotiations behind each article included in the revised Police Law. He brought a copy of the final document but declined to share it, arguing that the draft had not yet received an official number because it had not been formally promulgated.
What was the urgency behind passing the revised Police Law?
We already have a new Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). Initially, discussions and passage of the Police Law were supposed to take place before the KUHAP. However, the government asked that we wait until the KUHAP was completed first. The police’s most visible role is in law enforcement. Therefore, that matter needed to be settled first in the KUHAP.