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Govt split on legal authority amid push to revive jobs law
While the government and lawmakers have agreed to endorse a law revision that would benefit the Job Creation Law, critics point to the “chaos” of regulatory governance in the country.
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A female worker joins a rally to mark International Women's Day in front of the House of Representatives in Jakarta on March 8, 2022. Rally participants also urged the government to revoke the Job Creation Law. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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plit opinions within the government have colored a push to revise legislation aimed at giving policymakers the authority to draft so-called omnibus laws, as lawmakers look to make good on the flagship Job Creation Law that was deemed constitutionally flawed last year.
The House of Representatives reached a consensus with the government last week to endorse revisions of the 2011 Drafting of Laws and Regulations Law in mid-May, after four days of deliberation and heated debate.
The decision to endorse the revisions at the next most feasible plenary session after the Idul Fitri break came about on April 13, after the House meeting with the government was paused several times to allow for lobbying to reach a consensus.
Among the more frustrating incidents to occur that day was when the government could not immediately agree on which ministry should represent the executive branch in dealing with judicial reviews at the Constitutional Court.
The session was disrupted again when the government was divided on the question of which ministry would have the authority to promulgate new laws.
The Law and Human Rights Ministry insisted that it remained the sole government body with that authority, even though that task was delegated to the State Secretariat, as stated in the inventory of problems (DIM) submitted to the House.
