Sued By Apindo Due To DKI UMP Revision, Anies's Men Prepare Documents Ready To 'Fight' In PTUN

DKI Governor Anies Baswedan meets mass workers holding a demonstration (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the Legal Bureau of the DKI Provincial Government, Yayan Yuhanah, admitted that his party is ready to face a lawsuit filed by the DKI Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo).

Apindo sued DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) due to the revision of the 2022 provincial minimum wage (UMP) increase from 0.85 percent to 5.1 percent.

"Any material lawsuit and who is suing, we are always ready. We will face it, whoever the plaintiff is," Yayan said when contacted, Thursday, January 20.

Anies Baswedan's subordinate admitted that his party was preparing the documents needed to face the trial without the need to invite mediation.

"There is no mediation because this is the Administrative Court. In the district court there is mediation," said Yayan.

For information, on January 13 yesterday, Apindo DKI Jakarta officially sued Anies to the Jakarta Administrative Court for not accepting the revised UMP increase to 5.1 percent.

In the Case Tracing Information System (SIPP) of the Jakarta Administrative Court with case number 11/G/2022/PTUN.JKT, Apindo demanded Anies to revoke the Governor's Decree (Kepgub) for the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage on 16 December 2021 .

This Governor Decree is a revision of the previous Governor Decree regarding the determination of the UMP. Anies made the determination of the revised UMP without referring to the legal basis set by the central government.

In addition, Apindo asked Anies to return the gubernatorial decree regarding the UMP which was previously set at 0.85 percent.

"Declare that the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 1395 of 2021 concerning the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage on November 19, 2021 is valid and binding," the lawsuit reads as quoted from the SIPP PTUN Jakarta page.

Apindo considers that Anies violated the provisions in the PP Wages, in particular Article 26 concerning Procedures for Calculation of the Minimum Wage; Article 27 regarding UMP; and Article 29 regarding the time for determining the minimum wage that should be for the province no later than November 21, 2021.