Member Of Commission XII DPR: Government Must Complete PP Minerba

JAKARTA - Member of Commission XII DPR RI, Ratna Juwita Sari highlighted the not yet issued Government Regulation (PP) as the executor of Law Number 2 of 2025 concerning Mineral and Coal (UU Minerba) since it was promulgated on March 19, 2025.

He emphasized that the government, in this case the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), is obliged to complete the Minerba PP for legal certainty and the investment climate in the country.

"Legal countries must not stop at the text of the law. Regulations must live in action and provide real benefits for the people. Therefore, the government is obliged to immediately complete the Minerba PP in order to ensure legal certainty, investment climate, and social justice," Ratna told reporters, Monday, October 6.

Ratna reminded that Article 174 paragraph (1) of the Minerba Law firmly states that all implementing regulations must be set no later than six months after the law. This means, said Ratna, the deadline for completing the PP will fall in September 2025.

According to the legislator from the East Java IX electoral district, this delay cannot be considered just an administrative problem. Because Ratna said, the impact was immediately felt, especially on legal certainty for business actors, potential state revenues, and the effectiveness of implementing policies in the mining sector.

"The 2025 Minerba Law has given a clear direction to create mining governance that is fair, transparent, and in favor of the national interest. However, without implementing PP, all mandates in Article 17 concerning the determination of the Mining Business Permit Area (WIUP) cannot be carried out effectively," said Ratna.

He also emphasized the issue of no technical clarity regarding the WIUP mechanism, the division of central and regional authorities, and the priority of granting permits for cooperatives, MSMEs, BUMDs, and religious organizations that could hinder policy implementation. As a result, said Ratna, investors are delaying expansion, local governments are confused about taking steps, and local communities are again victims of policy uncertainty.

"This is a situation that should not be left too long," he said.

Ratna also highlighted the real impact of the delay in the regulation of the Minerba PP on mining-producing areas. He said this made the local government (Pemda) lose its legal basis to organize the mining area of the people, and small business actors had difficulty accessing permits that should be open to them.

"Without adequate technical guidelines, supervision of mining activities has become weak, although the 2025 Minerba Law mandates strengthening environmental governance and post-mining reclamation," he said.

Therefore, Ratna emphasized that the urgency of accelerating regulations so that the spirit of reform in the Minerba Law is not just a discourse.

"The spirit of updating the Minerba Law will lose meaning if it is not immediately followed by concrete implementing regulations. The government needs to move quickly so that the principles of justice, sustainability and sovereignty of natural resources can be realized in the field," concluded Ratna.