The recent ratification on revision to the Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian MIlitary (TNI), in particular on the extension of soldiers’ retirement age, will have an impact on both the State budget (APBN) and internal affairs within the military institution, Economic and military experts say.
Under the revised Law, non-commissioned officers and privates retire at the age of 55 from the previous 53 yearsof age. Middle-ranking officers to colonels retire at the age of 58, while high-ranking officers from one- to three-star generals retire at the ages of 61, 62, and 63 respectively.
Meanwhile,…