The Necessity of the Independent National Security Law for The Republic of Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia has a mandate like any other sovereignty state to provide national security to its citizens the security includes; the welfare of citizens, security of sovereignty, and the territorial integrity of the country, sustainability of national development to all threats. Currently, the country does not have a National Security Act but it has got a bill that is still to pass through the lawmaking process. The National Security Bill was first drafted in 2007 and has up to now not yet been passed through to be an Act of law. Various reasons for the failure of the Bill to succeed through the stages of law-making are discussed in this paper. The necessity to have the National Security Law in Indonesia is discussed in the house of the assembly and by various researchers, academics, and many others. All the other laws that are being used in place of the National Security Law are not covering all the areas concerning national security, they are concentrating on their sectorial only. In this paper, it is suggested that the Sishankamrata doctrine should not only focus on military threats but to include all non-military threats or multi-dimensional threats. There is a need for National Security Law in order to cover all these multifaceted threats