Confirmed, Speaker Of The House Of Representatives: Law Creates Work That Prioritizes National And People's Interest

Chairman of the DPR Puan Maharani in an event at the Indonesian Parliament (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Parliament, Puan Maharani, said that the Omnibus Law on Job Creation had been discussed intensively and was carried out openly. In addition, he said that this legislation was knocked on by prioritizing national interests.

"The Job Creation Bill, this bill has been completed by the government and the DPR through intensive discussions and is carried out openly, carefully, and prioritizing national interests both in the short term and in the short term," said Puan in her speech at the Plenary Meeting for the Closing of Session Period I of the Session Year. 2020-2021 at the Parliament Building, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, October 5.

With this legislation, the Chairperson of the PDI-P DPP hopes that the business climate in Indonesia will improve in order to realize the progress of the nation. In addition, Puan also said that if there were parties who felt that the draft law was still incomplete, they would invite them to submit it with the applicable mechanism.

"If this law is still felt by some people as imperfect, then, as a legal state, there is room to be able to perfect the law with a mechanism in accordance with the provisions of the regulations," he said.

Furthermore, after this law is enacted, the DPR will continue to carry out its supervisory function and will continue to evaluate the law in its implementation. "And will ensure that the law is implemented in the national interest and the interests of the Indonesian people," he said.

Previously, the Indonesian Parliament officially passed the Work Creation Omnibus Law Bill (RUU) into law. 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 meeting 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 it, 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 hammering from the chairman of the meeting.