DPR Will Be Locked Down , Plenary Meeting To Pass Job Creation Bill To Be Held This Afternoon

DPR Building (Photo: Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The DPR RI Deliberative Council (Bamus) decided to hold a Plenary Meeting for the Closing of Session Period I of Session Year 2020-2021 including the ratification of the Work Creation Omnibus Law Bill (RUU) which will be held this Monday, October 5.

The reason for the DPR holding the plenary session outside of its usual schedule, namely Tuesday and Thursday, was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and this was conveyed by the Head of the PDI-P Faction, Sturman Panjaitan.

"This is currently COVID-19," Sturman told reporters at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Monday, October 5.

As a result of this pandemic, 18 members of the Indonesian Parliament have tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, there are also two experts at the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI who died from the virus. So, as a measure to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, finally the Bamus DPR RI decided that a plenary meeting was immediately held so that the DPR could immediately be quarantined.

"Actually, it would be a lockdown. After this di- lockdown," Sturman said that a member of the Working Committee (Panja) Bill of Human Work.

Even though based on the schedule, the closing of the first session of the 2020-2021 Session Year will actually be held on Thursday, October 8.

Later, in addition to the ratification of the Job Creation Bill, another plenary agenda agenda is the ratification of the Bill on the Agreement between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden regarding cooperation in the defense sector. Then the results of the harmonization of the Psychology Bill were presented and continued with a speech by the Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament, Puan Maharani, regarding the closing of the session period.

As is known, through a work meeting held on Saturday night, October 3, the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the Indonesian Parliament and the government approved the draft bill. In the meeting, Chairman of the DPR RI Legislation Body Supratman Andi Agtas asked the factions for approval so that the Job Creation Bill would proceed to level II decision making.

"I ask for approval from all members and the government. Can we approve this Job Creation Bill to continue its decision making at the next level?" Supratman said.

"Agree," greeted the meeting participants.

Almost all factions in the DPR have approved the decision-making for the first level of the Work Creation Bill. Meanwhile, the Democrat Party and PKS factions stated that they rejected the Job Creation Bill.

Regarding the rejection of the two factions, this was conveyed in the response session. The Democratic faction, represented by Hinca Pandjaitan, considered that there were still many things that had to be discussed in depth without haste.

"Allow us the Democrat Party to declare rejecting this Job Creation Bill. We consider that there is a lot to be discussed again in depth and comprehensively," said Hinca.

The PKS faction also has a similar view to that of the Democrats. According to the PKS faction representative Ledia Hanifa Amaliah, this draft law should be discussed with great care and caution.

According to him, PKS highlighted the question of a short time in the DIM discussion, which led to an inoptibility in making decisions. He also considered the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the public from participating in monitoring the discussion.

Then, the Ciptaker Bill was also deemed inaccurate in reading the situation, inaccurate, and did not fit in the drafting. Even though it is called a matter of investment, what is regulated in the law is not a problem that hinders investment.