Menkumham Yasonna: Lawmakers Have A Central Role In Harmonization

Menkumham Yasonna H. Laoly (right) with Secretary General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights Komjen Andap Budhi Revianto (left). ANTARA/HO-Ministry of Law and Human Rights

JAKARTA - Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) Yasonna H. Laoly said that drafters of laws and regulations have a strategic position and a central function in harmonizing laws and regulations.

"You must act professionally, maintaining your integrity as a drafter of laws and regulations," Yasonna said in a statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, March 22.

Yasonna's central role is about harmonizing draft laws and regulations, such as draft laws, draft government regulations, draft presidential regulations, as well as ministerial and institutional regulations.

Legislative designers need high quality human resources to avoid overlapping or conflicting one regulation with another. Thus, an integrated, harmonious and sustainable national legal system is created.

Yasonna explained that good or bad legislation is influenced by the quality of designer resources.

“This must be done professionally and with integrity. Keep the good name of this institution we love by working with dedication," he added at Graha Pengayoman, Ministry of Law and Human Rights when he was a speaker at the Strengthening Tasks for Harmonizing, Unifying, and Consolidating the Conception of Legislative Regulations.

Yasonna gathers a Working Group (Pokja) for Drafting Legislations to provide direction regarding the implementation of the tasks and functions of harmonizing draft ministerial regulations, draft regulations for non-ministerial government institutions, and draft regulations for non-structural institutions as part of public services from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham). ).

Previously, Director General of Legislation Benny Riyanto said that the main task of the Directorate General of Legislation (Ditjen PP) was to formulate laws and regulations and to harmonize, unify, and consolidate the conception of laws and regulations.

In the process of implementing the tasks set forth in Article 3 paragraph (2) of Government Regulation Number 59 of 2015 concerning the Participation of Legislative Designers in the Formation of Legislations, he said, the Directorate General of PP formed a Working Group Team.

"The Pokja team consists of 25 working groups consisting of high-ranking pratama leaders and functional officials who draft laws and regulations contained in the Directorate General of PP and the National Legal Development Agency, and handle 90 ministries and institutions," said Benny.

Each working group handles the harmonization of ministerial regulations/institutional regulations originating from three or four ministries/agencies.

"In 2021, the working group for harmonization has harmonized 1,525 ministerial regulations/institutional regulations. Until March 2022, the (Pokja) has harmonized 290 ministerial regulations/institutional regulations," he said.