Jakarta, March 20 -- Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) approved the Bill on Amendments to Law Number 34 of 2004 on Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) into law on Thursday.

During a plenary session presided over by DPR Speaker Puan Maharani at the Parliament Complex here, legislators unanimously approved the bill.

Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto, and State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi were among the government officials present at the plenary session.

The speaker highlighted that the recently passed law covers changes to four aspects: Article 3 on TNI's position, Article 7 regarding non-combat operations, Article 47 on civil roles that can be filled by active TNI personnel, a...