PKS Legislator Asks For The Omnibus Law Health Bill Not To Be DIScussed Of Gras So That New Problems Do Not Arise

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Member of the DPR Legislation Body from the PKS faction, Ledia Hanifa Amaliah, asked that the discussion of the draft law (RUU) on Health should not be carried out in a hurry so as not to cause new problems.

According to him, although the current Health Law does need improvement, discussions do not necessarily be carried out haphazardly. Moreover, the formation of this bill uses the omnibus law method. "The problem is, which side of it is changed? When talking about the overall health system, if you want to be repaired, don't be held accountable. Don't just half and must be with the principle of prudence," Ledia told reporters, Monday, February 13. This PKS legislator reminded that the discussion of the Health Bill should not overlap with existing regulations.

"There should not be vacancies in the arrangements, overlapping over the arrangements, or contradictions in the arrangements," he added.

Ledia then mentioned the Law on Hospitals. He said, there were a number of articles of the Law that were not included in the Health Bill, as well as regarding the regulation on obstetrics. "So, caution is very important. Don't let there be new problems," he said.

Previously, Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin emphasized that the government still supports the preparation of the Omnibus Law Health Bill to be discussed in the DPR. Currently, Budi is waiting for the draft bill to be completed at the Working Committee (Panja) of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR.

"This is the main problem that we conveyed. At that time, the Deputy Minister spoke in Baleg, we were waiting. The plan will be sent to us and we will have time to give them an input response," said Budi Gunadi at a working meeting (Raker) Commission IX of the DPR, Tuesday, January 24.

Budi explained the government's reason for supporting the preparation of the Health Bill. According to him, the bill proposed by Baleg is in line with Indonesia's health transformation.

"So we convey this transformation, we see that there are weak points of primary service that are less integrated because since the existence of the Regional Autonomy Law it has become a bit separate from the Ministry of Health," he said.