DPR 2019-2024 Completed 225 Bills Into Laws, Puan Maharani Talks About Political Will

Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani. BETWEEN/Good Ahmad Rizaldi/am.

JAKARTA - Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period will complete their service period today where a number of work results have been completed, starting from the legislative, budget and supervisory functions.

Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, spoke about the political will of council members and the government in carrying out its duties and responsibilities.

In the Plenary Meeting of the Closing of the First Session Period of the 2024-2025 Session Year, Puan conveyed the results of the DPR's performance for 5 years. This Plenary Meeting is the last meeting of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period.

Towards the end of the 2019-2024 period, according to Puan, the DPR together with the Government have completed the discussion of the Law (UU) on the 2025-2045 National Long-Term Development Plan, the Law on Immigration, the Law on the Ministry of State, the Law on the Presidential Advisory Council and the Law on the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.

"Thus, during the 2019-2024 period, the DPR RI has completed 225 Draft Laws (RUU)," said DPR RI Speaker Puan Maharani at the last Plenary Meeting of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period which was held at the Nusantara II Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, September 30.

The 225 bills that have been passed into the law consist of 48 bills from the 2019-2024 Prolegnas list, and 177 cumulative bills open. Meanwhile, the 5 bills were agreed not to be continued. A total of 225 laws include a number of laws passed by the DPR today.

Based on the time, the laws passed by the DPR in 2024 amounted to 149 laws, in 2023 there were 18 laws, in 2022 there were 32 laws, in 2021 there were 13 laws, and in 2020 there were also 13 laws, of which 2 were carry-over from the previous DPR period.

In implementing the legislative function during this period, Puan explained that the DPR has carried out a transformation in meeting national legal needs. Among other things, through the formation of laws carried out using the omnibus law method, namely the formation of laws that are integrated with amendments from various other laws.

Puan also reminded that the task of forming a law is a shared task between the DPR and the Government.

"Therefore, this is a joint commitment between the DPR RI and the Government in completing the agenda of the Formation of the Law in the Prolegnas," said the first woman to serve as Chair of the DPR RI.

Furthermore, Puan emphasized that the DPR realizes that in forming a law, there are various perspectives, interests, partiality, and impacts that need to be considered. For this reason, a political will is needed for the creation of comprehensive legislation.

"In establishing the law, a strong political will is needed from the parties, the factions in the DPR RI, and from the Government in order to reach a meeting point for the substance of the law that is serious for the interests of the Indonesian state and the people of Indonesia," explained Puan.

The former Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture hopes that the legislation produced by the DPR for the 2019-2024 period can be a joint evaluation in setting selective Prolegnas priorities. That way, said Puan, the national legislation program that was prepared could be completed during the 5-year working period of the DPR.

"We must also listen to criticism and self-criticism in making laws, namely that the formation of laws must be carried out in accordance with formal conditions and opened meanful participation from the people," he said.

Through formal requirements and meanful participation, Puan said the quality of a law would be tested.

"Is the law really for the benefit of the state and the people?" said Puan.

Then in the budget function, Puan explained that the DPR during this Session period had completed 2 laws, namely the Law on Accountability of the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 and the Law on the State Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.

"The State Budget Law for Fiscal Year 2025 is in a transitional period of government so that it is designed to be able to create a conducive macro economy and provide space for policies and work programs from the new government," he explained.

Puan added that the State Budget has become a very important and strategic instrument in supporting government administration in the 2019-2024 period. In addition, in supporting national development, as well as providing social protection for the people, even in the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic, social economic turmoil, the global economy, the food and energy crisis.

"The state budget functions to support, stimulus, and catalysts in economic recovery and maintain the welfare of the people," said Puan.

According to him, in the future, efforts are needed to sharpen the quality of quality state spending in solving structural problems. Then, Puan conveyed, quality in providing social protection, quality in equitable development and quality in developing regions.

"The spending of the state budget, which is more qualified, will be able to bring us closer to achieving Indonesia's gold in 2045," he said.

Puan also revealed various DPR work for the 2019-2024 period in the supervisory function for the implementation of laws and government performance in national development.

"During the 2019-2024 period, we (DPR) have carried out the supervisory function through a working meeting of 1,063 meetings, 1,356 hearings (RDP), 852 meetings," explained Puan to the applause of the council members present.

The DPR for the 2019-2024 period has also made working visits (kunkers) to the regions as many as 1,199 visits, 163 accounts abroad, 1,600 specific accounts, 418 working committees and 1 special committee (Pansus).

Puan stated that the DPR's supervision functions in carrying out the principles of checks and balances on the government and state institutions in carrying out their laws and main duties.

"The supervisory function of the DPR RI is always directed to ensure that state administration is carried out in accordance with the law and the government really prospers the people and facilitates people's lives in all matters," said Bung Karno's grandson.

In addition to these three functions (legislation, budget, and supervision), the DPR has an additional function, namely implementing the function of parliamentary diplomacy. Parliamentary diplomacy is not only carried out bilaterally or multilaterally, but the DPR has also hosted several international sessions.

"The role and cooperation of the DPR RI with various parliaments of other countries is directed to participate in building better, fair, prosperous, safe and peaceful political, social, economic and cultural systems in the world for the lives of mankind throughout the country," said Puan.

"The DPR RI also takes part in fighting for various national interests in international forums," he added.

The following is the law passed in the last Plenary Meeting of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period:

1. Law on Approval of Agreement between Government of the Republic of Indonesia and Government of the Republic of India regarding Cooperation in the Defense Sector

2. Law on Approval of Agreement between Government of the Republic of Indonesia and Government of the Brazilian Federative Republic on Cooperation with the Defense Sector

3. Law on Ratification of Mutual Control Memorandums between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates regarding Cooperation in the Defense Sector

4. Law on Ratification of Approval between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia on Cooperation in the Defense Sector

5. Law on Ratification of Approval between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of France on Cooperation in the Defense Sector

6. Law on 25 Bills on Regencies/Cities

7. Law on 27 Bills on Regencies/Cities

8. Law on 27 Bills on Regencies/Cities

9. Law on the Third Amendment to Law no. 17 of 2008 concerning Shipping

10. Law on Second Amendment to Law Number 13 of 2016 concerning Patents