"Please Ratify The PPRT Law After The Recess, PDIP Politician: A Chance For Puan To Find Charity And Voice From Women"

The action of stretching the clothes in front of the DPR RI building was carried out by hundreds of domestic workers (PRT), Wednesday (15/2/2023) ANTARA / Walda

PDIP politician Eva Kusuma Sundari commented on the statement by the Chairman of the Working Committee (Panja) of the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT) at the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR Willy Aditya, who revealed that the draft bill was still stuck at the table of the Speaker of the DPR, Puan Maharani, for two years. So, until now the PPRT Bill has not been ratified. Even though the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud Md, urged the DPR to immediately ratify this bill into law. Eva requested that Puan Maharani follow up on the discussion of the PPRT Bill so that it will be ratified immediately during the next session. It is known that the DPR is currently entering a recess period so that there is no meeting agenda or trial agenda. "My hope is that after this recess it will be ratified immediately. I beg you, Mbak Puan, because if it is postponed it will be chaotic," said Eva, Wednesday, February 22. The former member of the DPR from PDIP assessed that the ratification of the PPRT Bill could be an opportunity to prove Puan's campaign, which has been passionate about upholding women. Moreover, the 2024 election is in sight. "Currently 82 percent of female domestic workers, 14 percent of children. So now Mbak Puan's opportunity to alms is to find charity to also seek votes from the women's group," said Eva. In addition, the domestic workers are also the poor or the poor who are also defended by the PDIP. In fact, said Eva, the majority of the poor are in the PRT group. "So, there is no longer any reason for Puan not to ratify during the upcoming trial," concluded the Civil Coalition Coordinator of the PPRT Bill. Previously, the Chairperson of the Working Committee (Panja) for the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT) of the DPR RI Willy Aditya said that until now the bill had not been finalized because it was still stuck at the table of the Chairperson of the DPR RI, Puan Maharani. Willy also threatened to report Puan to the House of Representatives Honorary Court (MKD) because three times the letter was ignored. " “ Still at the table of the chairman of the DPR, that's the problem," said Willy during an online discussion on the Legislation Forum with the theme "RUU PPRT, Commitment of the DPR and the Government Protect Domestic Workers" as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 21. Willy said that the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI had originally completed the draft and academic text of the PPRT Bill in 2020 to be followed up at the plenary meeting of the DPR RI and ratified into the proposed DPR initiative bill. As Chair of the PPRT Bill Working Committee, he admitted that he had also written several times to the leadership of the DPR RI so that the PPRT Bill would be immediately finalized. Likewise, he continued, the DPR RI Deliberative Body (Bamus) has submitted a similar request. "This was never processed, I have written three times asking to be given time to explain this. It has been several times but has never been heeded at all," he said. For this reason, he questioned why the leadership of the DPR RI has not yet processed the PPRT Bill to be finalized. Moreover, he continued, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, has also issued a statement asking the DPR RI to speed up the discussion of the PPRT Bill into law. If the PPRT Bill has not been followed up, Willy said he would take firm steps by reporting the leadership of the DPR RI to the Honorary Court of the Council (MKD) of the DPR RI. "We have to take it to a further way, using the mechanism too, our leadership has to report it to the MKD," said the Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI.