Officially Appealing The Administrative Court Decision Regarding The Lowering Of The DKI UMP, Anies Asks Judges To Consider A Sense Of Justice

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan. (Doc Pemprov DKI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan confirmed that he had submitted an appeal against the decision of the Jakarta Administrative Court regarding the reduction of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) in 2022.

The PTUN decision ordered Anies to lower the DKI Jakarta UMP from Rp. 4.6 million to Rp. 4.5 million per month.

From the appeal, Anies hopes that the panel of judges will consider the sense of justice in deciding cases, as he did when determining the DKI UMP to increase 5.1 percent to Rp. 4.6 million.

"We believe that the panel of judges will seriously consider the creation of a sense of justice in this city," said Anies at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Monday, August 1.

The former Minister of Education and Culture said that if the value of wages paid to workers remains high, then economic stability will be maintained and there will be no conflict caused by workers.

"We want stability, a sense of peace, calm. Not because we are afraid of calm, but because everyone feels justice. We hope that the panel of judges will consider these factors so that Jakarta's economy will grow with quality," said Anies.

Moreover, he views the quality of economic growth as a result of his decision to set a minimum wage of IDR 4.6 million per month as an equal share of the results of growth.

"In micro-economy and companies, micro-economics there are capital resources, there are technological resources, human resources, land resources. Well, the return on economic benefits must be equal between each factor of each production," he explained.

Previously, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Basedan finally decided to appeal the decision of the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) which ordered the reduction of the DKI Jakarta provincial minimum wage (UMP) in 2022 from Rp. 4.6 million to Rp. 4.5 million.

This PTUN decision previously canceled the Governor's Decree (Kepgub) Number 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 Provincial Minimum Wage.

The head of the DKI Jakarta Legal Bureau, Yayan Yuhana, said that the appeal was an effort by the DKI Provincial Government to maintain the 5.1 percent UMP increase previously set by Anies.

"We hope that with this appeal, the UMP amount of Rp.4,641,852 according to the Governor's Decree Number 1517 of 2021 will not be canceled," said Yayan, Wednesday, July 27.

Yayan admitted that the DKI Provincial Government appreciated the decision of the panel of judges on the UMP decision in terms of justifying the authority of the DKI Jakarta Governor in making UMP policies and confirming the right of workers to get a living wage.

However, after comprehensively reviewing and studying the decision of the Panel of Judges, it is still not in line with the expectations of the DKI Provincial Government. In which, in his policy of increasing the UMP, Anies considered a decent standard of living for workers and rising inflation.

"The UMP value set in the Gubernatorial Decree has taken into account the inflation rate, as well as the feasibility and welfare of workers' lives," said Yayan.