Indonesia court to rule on challenges to legislation allowing expanded military role


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  • Wednesday, 17 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto looks on before he delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country's Independence Day, in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) -An Indonesian court was scheduled to rule on Wednesday on challenges to the revision of a military law allowing a greater armed forces role in civilian affairs, among the sources of anger that have stoked widespread anti-government protests.

The Constitutional Court was due to decide on five petitions against amendments that plaintiffs say were bulldozed through parliament in March without proper public consultation, amid concerns of an expansion of the military's involvement in civilian life under President Prabowo Subianto.

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