The Civil Coalition Continues To Hold Action Encourages Jokowi And The DPR To Pass The PPRT Law

The Coalition's Wednesday action by the Civil Coalition for the Household Workers Protection Act (UU PPRT). BETWEEN/HO-Civil Coalition for the PPRT Law

JAKARTA - The Coalition's Wednesday action will continue until the DPR ratifies the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT) into a law product.

This was emphasized by the Coordinator of the Civil Coalition for the PPRT Law Eva K. Sundari. According to him, the PPRT Law will become a regulation that regulates workers in the domestic sector to avoid modern slavery practices.

"We will continue to look for creative forms of action. PRT tirakatan, fasting, and wiridan to wake up the 'roso' of the leadership of the DPR RI and Pak Jokowi so that the PPRT Law, which is the promise of PDIP in Nawacita, will soon be ratified," Eva confirmed, Wednesday, January 4.

Eva said, every year the PRT (Jala PRT) Advocacy National Network receives an average complaint of 1,300 victims. Most of them are victims of human trafficking or human trafficking.

The Coordinator of Jala PRT Lita Anggraini stated that the Coalition's Wednesday action was an effort by domestic workers so that the president could speak up to support the ratification of the PPRT Bill.

During 2.5 years the PPRT Bill was held at the leadership table of the DPR RI, throughout that time victims continued to fall. The PPRT Law will be able to stop this situation," said Lita, quoted by Antara.

As previously reported, a member of Commission III of the DPR Moh. Rano Alfath encouraged the PPRT Bill to be immediately passed into law.

The pressure for the PPRT Bill to be ratified immediately along with the rampant cases of torture and violence experienced by household workers.

"The PPRT Law is very important because the violence experienced by household workers is difficult to identify," he said.