Eligibility of Transgender Partners of Indonesian National Police Officers to Receive Allowances and Pensions

Putri Rania Fidarijanthy, Mutiara Devi Zumrotussaadah, Cindy Plenita Purba, Iqlima Putri Amatul Hawa

Abstract


Indonesian law has not yet accommodated the rights to allowances for spouses of Indonesian National Police (POLRI) members undergoing gender transition. Based on Law No. 11 of 1996 concerning Pensions for Widowed/Widowed Employees and Government Regulation No. 29 of 2001 concerning the salary regulations for POLRI members, which stipulate that spousal allowances are still provided as long as they have not remarried, the state does not regulate the revocation of pensions for spouses undergoing gender transition and the state only bases these rights on legal marital status. This states that gender orientation is a private domain and has not been regulated by the state regime. This study aims to analyze the rights obtained by POLRI spouses and the procedures for couples undergoing gender transition. This study uses a normative research method, with a conceptual and legislative approach. The results of the study found that the state only bases administratively on the legal status of marriage and the right to allowances that are still binding.

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Wife Allowance; Indonesian National Police; Transgender

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