The DPR Has Scheduled A Working Creation Perppu And An Election Perppu After The Plenary Opening Of The Session Period On Tuesday Tomorrow

Illustration of the DPR plenary meeting at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta. (Nailin I S-VOI)

JAKARTA - The DPR will discuss Government Regulations in Lieu of the Job Creation Law (Perppu) and the Election Perppu after the plenary meeting of the opening of the DPR session tomorrow Tuesday, January 10.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that the Ciptaker Perppu and the Election Perppu will be directly scheduled for the relevant commission to be discussed with the factions in the DPR. "Yes, we will schedule it at the related technical commission. Of course, after the opening of the plenary session tomorrow," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, January 9.

The plenary session tomorrow will only contain two agendas, namely the opening of the session and the speech of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani. So, said Dasco, there was no discussion of the two Perppu in the ongoing plenary meeting.

"Tomorrow's plenary opening is only 2 agendas, namely the opening of the session period, then the speech of the Speaker of the DPR, that's usually the case," said Dasco.

It is known that President Jokowi issued Perppu Number 2 of 2022 concerning Ciptaker on Friday, December 30, 2022. Jokowi claims that the current situation in Indonesia that looks normal is still filled with threats of global uncertainty. On that basis, the government argued that issuing a Ciptaker Perppu which had previously been declared conditionally unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court (MK). In addition to the Job Creation Perppu, President Jokowi has issued Perppu Number 1 of 2022 concerning Amendments to Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections. This Perppu is related to the follow-up to the implementation of the 2024 General Election in four New Autonomy Regions (DOB) in Papua.

In this Election Perppu, several crucial matters are regulated, including the KPU forming the Provincial KPU in South Papua Province, Central Papua Province, Papua Mountains Province, and Southwest Papua Province which is contained in Article 10A.