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The INDONESIAN (Jakarta)— The proposed supplementary allocation of Rp 66.1 trillion for the Indonesian National Police (Polri) in fiscal year 2027 must not be viewed narrowly as a routine agency spending request. Instead, it represents a strategic investment to sustain public safety, reinforce social order, and shield Indonesia from deepening global instability trends.
Objective evidence from the Gallup Global Safety Report 2025 places Indonesia’s public‑safety standing among the world’s strongest: the nation recorded a Law and Order Index score of 89, while 83 percent of respondents said they feel safe walking alone at night.
These figures confirm that everyday security experienced by citizens is not merely an internal claim — it is validated in independent international surveys. Seen in this light, extra funding is not a discretionary grant, but a necessary cost to maintain safety standards already recognised worldwide.
Public safety does not sustain itself automatically. It relies on consistent patrols, case resolution, community policing posts, mass‑travel and religious‑event security, response to social tensions, disaster operations, protection of vital installations, and readiness in emergencies.
That makes it concerning that Polri’s indicative budget ceiling for 2027 is set lower than the previous year. Policymakers must ensure efficiency measures do not inadvertently weaken operational capacity.
The Global Peace Index 2026 further underscores that the world is entering a more volatile phase — marked by rising conflicts, growing economic costs of violence, and mounting pressure on global stability.
In such an environment, Indonesia requires domestic security institutions that are not only large in structure but fully prepared operationally, technologically, logistically, and in personnel terms. Weakening security funding amid a deteriorating global landscape carries tangible risks.
Likewise, terrorism remains an unfinished challenge, as highlighted in the Global Terrorism Index 2026. The absence of large‑scale attacks does not mean vigilance can be relaxed.
Prevention, early detection, counter‑radicalisation, network monitoring, and elite‑unit readiness all demand sustained funding. Terrorism is a latent threat: under‑investing in prevention inevitably leads to far costlier social and political consequences later.
Security challenges have also decisively shifted into the digital realm — a reality reflected in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2024, which frames cyber resilience as a core measure of national preparedness.
Digital fraud, online gambling, data theft, cyber‑extortion, child exploitation, and technology‑enabled transnational crime require policing equipped with modern digital forensics capabilities, forensic laboratories, streamlined reporting systems, trained investigators, and up‑to‑date technology. This makes the supplementary budget an enabler of security transformation, not just routine expenditure.
Important guidance also comes from the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2025, which signals that Indonesia’s public‑order and safety framework still requires strengthening.
Additional funds must therefore be targeted to improve enforcement quality, speed up support for victims, strengthen investigative capacity, raise accountability standards, and extend police services to border regions and high‑risk areas. Larger budgets must deliver stronger results — not merely expand bureaucracy.
Accordingly, support for the supplementary allocation must be tied to clear performance metrics. The public is entitled to see extra funding committed to measurable priorities: front‑line service, territorial security, investigations, protection arrangements for the 2029 general election, enhanced readiness of the Mobile Brigade and Counter‑Terrorism Special Detachment 88, disaster response, cybersecurity, and protection of vulnerable groups.
This approach turns the budget request from an open‑ended line item into a binding performance agreement between Polri, the legislature, the government, and society.
Taken together, global benchmarks present a clear picture: Indonesia already commands strong public‑safety assets, but faces increasingly complex challenges ahead.
The supplementary budget is fully justifiable — provided it is used to preserve achievements, mitigate emerging risks, modernise capabilities, and improve service delivery. A nation serious about its safety cannot afford to fund security on a residual, “what‑is‑left‑over” basis.
Reported from various media sources //photo from Google documents // contribution by Prime News Post international online media // news.paper
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