DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i07.018

Pages: 751-756

There is tumultuous political relation between The Police and the Military in many countries. In the midst of democracy building, they competed to gain their existence and interest. In post-New Order era of, the relation among them changed fast. The separation of Police institution from military institutiton was considered as foundation of professional police. The article argued that, there were other forms of political relation between Indonesia National Police and Armed Forces in Indonesia. It was caused by two factors: first, the history of Indonesia National Police and Armed Forces as the foundation of the country. Second, internal culture of Police and Armed Forces that forced them to play dominant role in politic. It was not a surprise that the political relation between Police and Armed Forces in post-New Order era of Indonesia was on the benefit of their interaction, in term of politic, economy or the use of power. In this context, Indonesia National Police had good access in economy but had to face pressures from the ruling government. On the other side, Armed Forced had some access to economy but faced potential clash between Police and Armed Forced personnel.