PKS Faction Called The Discussion Of The Work Creation Bill Was Speeding And Many Spattered Substances

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JAKARTA - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction of the DPR RI admitted that the deliberation of the Work Creation Omnibus Law Bill, which was passed some time ago, was carried out in a hurry.

As a result, even though it was passed on Monday, October 5, many revisions must be made to this controversial law.

"That's what happened. Because the draft law was discussed in a fast manner, the documents were not consolidated properly. There were inaccurate editors, scattered substances, including tipo," said a member of the Legislation Body (Baleg) DPR RI from the PKS faction Mulyanto when contacted by reporters, Friday , October 23.

According to him, it is only natural for people to question and take to the streets to ask for the Copyright Work Law to be canceled. Because this law was made in a flash.

"This is also a question of the public. Can it be accepted that the formation of the Act by speeding like that? '," He said.

Then, he questioned about the revision made. "Is it permissible for the government to improve the draft bill after it is passed in plenary? This is also a problem," he said.

In addition, he also said that the draft of the Work Creation Law submitted from the Indonesian Parliament to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) some time ago was still not neat. So, in the future, the process of discussion and ratification of the Job Creation Law can be a lesson for all parties if the legislative process must be carried out carefully. "Don't be reckless," he said.

Furthermore, Mulyanto also explained the revision which recently deleted Article 46 concerning Oil and Gas from the latest version of the Manuscript of the Job Creation Law which is in the hands of the government. According to him, after the Job Creation Law reached the government, the State Secretariat (Setneg) not only proposed a revision regarding Article 46 but also revised 158 sections in 88 pages.

This proposal, he continued, was carried out on last October 16 or exactly two days after the Manuscripts of the Work Creation Law were sent by the Secretary General of the Indonesian Parliament Indra Iskandar to the Ministry of State Secretariat. This revision, which Mulyanto suspected, made the text of this law add 375 pages.

Not only that, he also revealed that Article 46 regarding Oil and Gas was also included in the 905-page version of the Job Creation Law which was ratified in a plenary session. However, according to the Working Committee's decision, the article was to be deleted even though in the 812-page version of the manuscript that was delivered to President Jokowi only one paragraph was deleted so that Articles 46 paragraphs 1 to 4 were still written in it.

"(New, red) in the last document (1,187 pages, red) Article 46 wants to be deleted according to the Panja agreement," he explained.

Previously, the Chairman of the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI Supratman Andi Agtas admitted that there was one missing article in the Job Creation Law which was again changed to 1,187 pages, namely Article 46 concerning the Regulatory Body for the Distribution of Oil and Gas.

The change in this page was initially recognized by the government when it submitted the text of the Job Creation Law to the Muhammadiyah Central Board (PP) which was 1,187 pages thick. In fact, previously the DPR submitted an 812-page text to the government.

"Regarding Article 46 which underwent corrections, it is true. So, incidentally the State Secretariat found it, it should have been deleted," said Supratman when confirmed, Thursday, October 22.

Supratman said, in the discussion of the Job Creation Law before it was passed, the government wanted a transfer of toll fee authority from BPH Migas to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM).

This was stated at the DPR RI Working Committee meeting. However, Panja did not accept the proposal. For some reason, the DPR RI Legislation Body failed to change the government's proposal contained in Article 46.

The missing article is Article 46 concerning Oil and Gas as follows:

Article 46:

(1) Supervision of the implementation of supply and distribution of Oil Fuel and Transportation of Natural Gas by pipe is carried out by the Regulating Agency as referred to in Article 8 paragraph (4).

(2) The function of the Regulatory Body as referred to in paragraph (1) shall be to make arrangements so that the availability and distribution of Oil and Gas Fuel as stipulated by the Central Government can be guaranteed throughout the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia as well as to increase domestic use of Natural Gas.

(3) The duties of the Regulatory Body as meant in paragraph (1) include regulating and stipulating:

a. Availability and distribution of fuel oil;

b. National Oil Fuel Reserves;

c. Utilization of fuel oil transportation and storage facilities;

d. Tariff for transportation of Natural Gas by pipe;

e. Natural Gas Prices for households and small customers; and

f. Natural Gas transmission and distribution business.

(4) The duties of the Regulatory Body as meant in paragraph (1) cover the supervisory duties in the fields as meant in paragraph (3).

Apart from the disappearance of Article 46, there are also changes to the chapter related to National Fiscal Policy relating to Taxes and Charges. In the 812 page manuscript, this is under Chapter VIA, and is inserted between Chapter VII and Chapter VIII.

However, in the 1,187 page manuscript, Chapter VIA is changed to Ban VIIA which is inserted between Chapter VII and Chapter VIII.