The Government Must Comply With The Court's Decision On The Copyright Law

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hatarto and Menkumham Yasonna Laoly (Photo: Humas)

JAKARTA - The government respects and will comply with the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) related to the case for the formal review of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation.

In its decision, the Constitutional Court stated the establishment of Law no. 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation is contrary to the 1945 Constitution and has no binding legal force (unconstitutional) conditionally as long as it is not interpreted as "no improvement has been made within 2 years since the decision was pronounced".

"After attending the Constitutional Court hearing, I would like to convey that the Government respects and obeys the decision of the Indonesian Constitutional Court and will implement Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation as well as possible by the Constitutional Court's decision", said Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, in an official statement, Thursday, November 25.

Airlangga said, as a legal breakthrough that can solve various problems in several overlapping laws into one comprehensive law, the Job Creation Law has now gone through a formal review and is declared still valid.

This is by the Decision The Constitutional Court which has stated that the Job Creation Law is still constitutionally valid until its formation is corrected by the grace period set by the Constitutional Court, which must be amended no later than 2 years after the verdict is read.

The Constitutional Court's decision also states that the Government should not issue new regulations of a strategic nature until improvements are made to the establishment of the Job Creation Law.

"Thus, the laws and regulations that have been enacted to implement the Job Creation Act are still valid", said Airlangga.

Coordinating Minister Airlangga also said that the Government would immediately follow up on the Constitutional Court's decision through the preparation of amendments to the law and carry out as well as possible other directives from the Constitutional Court as referred to in the Constitutional Court's decision.