Anies Loses In PTUN Regarding DKI UMP, PDIP: From The Beginning The Governor's Decree Has Violated The Rules

DKI DPRD Building/DOK VOI

JAKARTA - Member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gilbert Simanjuntak, responded to the decision of the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) which ordered DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to lower the DKI Jakarta provincial minimum wage (UMP) by 2022.

In its decision, the PTUN assessed that the decision letter (SK) issued by Anies in setting the 2022 DKI UMP at Rp. 4.6 million was inappropriate.

Gilbert said he was not surprised by the decision. Because, he said, from the beginning he had warned that the Governor's Decree regarding the UMP violated a higher rule, namely Government Regulation (PP) Number 36 of 2021 regarding the UMP.

"From the start, we have told the Governor to follow the provisions of the Ministry of Manpower regarding the UMP. This is because the governor's decree violates the rules and exceeds his authority," Gilbert said when contacted, Wednesday, July 13.

Gilbert also suspected that Anies' decision to increase the UMP by 5.1 percent would cause a commotion, considering that the Ministry of Manpower had set the UMP increase to only 0.85 percent.

This allegation is true because Anies' decision to increase the UMP by 5.1 percent made the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) file a lawsuit against Anies to the Jakarta Administrative Court.

"This Governor's Decree raises the issue of increasing wages amid many entrepreneurs who have gone out of business due to the pandemic and have filed this lawsuit. Then, workers or employees have also been provoked to see this increase," said Gilbert.

Therefore, Gilbert suggested that Anies not file an appeal against the verdict.

"In the future, we will just follow the PTUN's decision as a society aware of the law. We do not recommend the provincial government to appeal because this decision also restores the essence of a unitary state," he said.

For information, the DKI Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) canceled the decision of the Governor (Kepgub) of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan regarding the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) whose lawsuit was filed by a number of entrepreneurs.

The decision of the Jakarta Administrative Court granted all claims from entrepreneurs. The plaintiffs are the Regional Leadership Council of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) DKI Jakarta.

In addition to canceling the Gubernatorial Decree, the Jakarta Administrative Court in its ruling also required Anies, as the defendant, to revoke Gubernatorial Decree No. 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 UMP which was issued on 16 December 2021.

Another ruling is that Anies obliges Anies to issue a new State Administrative Decree regarding the 2022 UMP based on the recommendation of the DKI Jakarta Wage Council, namely the elements of the labor union Number: I/Depeprov/XI/2021 on November 15, 2021 in the amount of Rp.4,573,845. Anies as the defendant and the second defendant intervened jointly and severally to pay court fees of Rp. 642,000.