Knock! The Indonesian Parliament Officially Passes The Work Creation Omnibus Law Bill

Illustration (Ilham Amin / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Parliament officially passed the Work Creation Omnibus Law Draft. Approval was taken at the Plenary Meeting for the Closing of Session Period I of the 2020-2021 Session Year at the Parliament Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, October 5, chaired by Deputy Speaker of the DPR Azis Syamsudin.

Present at the plenary session were the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziah, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, and Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly.

After listening to the views of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, the DPR then decided to knock on the bill despite opposition from the Democrats and the Prosperous Justice Party.

"We need to convey, based on what we have seen and heard together. So once again I need approval in this plenary meeting forum. Can you agree?" Azis said before knocking the hammer of approval.

"Agreed," replied the board member accompanied by a hammer beat from the chairman of the meeting.

After tapping the draft, the Job Creation Bill has now become a law.

Before it was passed, the Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI, Supratman Andi Agtas, also read a report on the discussion of the Job Creation Bill. In his report, before being knocked, the draft law said Andi had been discussed 64 times. Apart from that, the DPR RI Baleg has also held two work meetings, 56 work committee meetings, and six meetings by the formulating and synchronizing team.

"From Monday to Sunday, starting from morning to evening and even during recess, we continue to hold meetings both inside and outside the building with the approval of the DPR leadership," he said.

In addition, Andi also emphasized that this meeting had been held openly from the beginning to the final discussion at level I before it was agreed to be passed.

"For the first time in the history of our parliament, from the beginning of the discussion until we ended our work at the Raker which took place on October 3, all discussions could be accessed by the public because they were broadcast live by the parliament and social media of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.

It is known, the ratification of the Job Creation Bill received approval from seven factions, namely PDIP, Gerindra, NasDem, PAN, PKB, PPP, and Golkar. Meanwhile, the Democrats and the PKS Faction continued to reject the ratification of the bill that caused this polemic.

This bill contains 11 clusters of 76 laws and hundreds of articles. Previously, the government and the DPR agreed to issue a press and education sub-cluster from the Job Creation Bill.

The following are the clusters contained in the Job Creation Bill:

1. Simplifying land permits

2. Investment requirements

3. Employment

4. Convenience and protection of MSMEs

5. Ease of doing business

6. Research and innovation support

7. Government administration

8. Imposition of sanctions

9. Control of land

10. Ease of government projects

11. Special Economic Zones (KEK)