Constitutional Court grants withdrawal of petition seeking police subordination to Home Affairs Ministry

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has accepted a request to withdraw a legal challenge that sought to place the national police under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The petition, filed by Christian Adrianus Sihite, Syamsul Jahidin, and Edy Rudyanto, questioned articles within Law No. 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police (Polri).

The core of the challenge focused on Article 8 of the Police Law, which states that the National Police operates under the President and is led by the National Police Chief, who reports directly to the President. The petitioners had requested that the court interpret these articles to mean the police should be subordinate to the President through the Minister of Home Affairs, and that the National Police Chief should report to this minister.

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Granting the withdrawal of the applicants' petition. Declaring the petition Number 63/PUU-XXIV/2026... withdrawn.

During a hearing, one of the petitioners, Syamsul Jahidin, explained that the decision to withdraw the case was based on recommendations from the Task Force for Police Reform. This task force includes prominent legal scholars who believe the police function more independently when directly under the President. "We believe that Polri is more independent under the President," Jahidin stated, leading to the consensus to retract the petition.

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The Petitioners agreed from the Task Force for Police Reform there are several constitutional law professors including Prof Jimly, Mahfud, and Yusril. We believe that Polri is more independent under the President. Therefore, for that reason, we agreed to withdraw or retract the petition we submitted.