The ruling hearing for the judicial review of Law No. 3 of 2025 on the Armed Forces for case No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025, Thursday (10/30/2025). Photo by MKRI/Bayu.

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) held the request to withdraw a formal and material judicial review petition of Law No. 3 of 2025 on the Amendment to Law No. 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI Law). The ruling hearing for Decree No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025 on Thursday, October 30, 2025 was chaired by Chief Justice Suhartoyo.

The Court had received a request from Tri Prasetio Putra Mumpuni, a student of the University of Singaperbangsa Karawang, to withdraw the petition. It also had asked the Petitioners about the withdrawal request, which they confirmed at the second hearing.

Then, at a justice deliberation meeting (RPH) on October 23, the Court decided that the withdrawal request was legally grounded and that the Petitioners cannot re-file the petition a quo.

“[Verdict: The Court] adjudicates [to] grant the [request of] withdrawal of the Petitioners’ petition; declares petition No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025 withdrawn; declares the Petitioners in case No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025 unable to re-file the petition a quo; orders the Chief Registrar of the Constitutional Court to record the withdrawal of petition No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025 in the electronic constitutional case registration book and to return the petition’s copy to the Petitioners,” the chief justice said when he delivered the decree a quo from the plenary courtroom.

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In case No. 92/PUU-XXIII/2025, the Petitioner argues that the provision in question could potentially lead to abuse of executive authority due to the absence of any control or oversight mechanism over the president’s decision to extend the service period of four-star high-ranking officers. As such, the norm a quo is in violation of the principles of due process of law and transparency, as the granting of such extensions is unilateral and does not involve legislative approval. Therefore, he requested that the Court declare Article 53 paragraph (4) of Law No. 34 of 2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces unconstitutional and not legally binding, and further, to consider the revocation of the TNI Law in its entirety.

Author       : Sri Pujianti
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
PR            : Raisa Ayuditha M.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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