<![CDATA[The amendment concerning the placement of active members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) in civilian positions through Article 47 of Law Number 3 of 2025 raises legal issues concerning the implementation of civilian supremacy within the Indonesian rule-of-law state. The expansion of civilian positions available to active military personnel may blur the boundary between defense functions and civilian governmental administration, while also creating concerns regarding military professionalism, the merit system within the civil service, legal accountability, and civilian oversight of military authority. This study aims to juridically analyze the implications of the amendment to Article 47 of the TNI Law for civilian supremacy and examine the legal consequences arising from the broader placement of active military personnel in civilian positions. This research employs a normative juridical method using a statutory and conceptual approach. The legal materials consist of primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials analyzed descriptively and qualitatively through library research. The findings indicate that expanding civilian positions for active TNI personnel has the potential to weaken civilian supremacy by increasing military involvement in governmental affairs beyond the defense sector. Such circumstances may result in overlapping authorities, dual accountability, potential inequality in law enforcement, and disruption of the merit-based civil service system. Regulatory restructuring through legislative review, strengthened civilian oversight, and judicial review mechanisms is necessary to ensure that the involvement of active military personnel remains limited, objective, and consistent with the principles of the rule of law and democracy.]]>
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