FILE PHOTO: Police officers gather at the entrance of a school in Jakarta on November 7, 2025. The recent court ruling has drawn a clear separation between law enforcement duties and government or political positions. - AFP
JAKARTA: A Constitutional Court ruling that bars active police officers from holding additional government posts has been welcomed as another step toward long-awaited reform of the National Police, starting with ensuring the force remains professional and focussed on its core law-enforcement duties.
During a hearing on Thursday (Nov 13), the court ruled in favour of the plaintiffs who filed a judicial review challenging the 2002 National Police Law, which contains an ambiguous provision conflicting with another that stipulates that a police officer must resign or retire from the service before taking on additional roles in the government.
