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Jokowi keeps tax amnesty on track despite judicial review
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (center) sits with Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro (third left), State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno (second left), Taxation Director General Ken Dwijugiasteadi (left), Bank Indonesia governor Agus Martowardojo (third right), State Secretary Pratikno (second right), and Financial Services Authority (OJK) chairman Muliaman D. Hadad (right) during a discussion to introduce the tax amnesty in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday. The event was attended by 2,700 business people and officials from the region. (ANTARA FOTO/M Risyal Hidayat)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo led the tax amnesty campaign team in Surabaya on Friday, undermining the activist-led effort to challenge the Tax Amnesty Law through a judicial review request, officially filed on Wednesday.
Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said the President directly led the campaign team in order to ensure the transparency of the program and to boost confidence among potential participants, before implementation on July 18.
"The first campaign was conducted in Jakarta a week ago, the next one is in Surabaya followed by other big cities, involving many business people across several business sectors," Pramono said on Friday.
The government, he said, wanted to neutralize any wrong perceptions spread by non-government organizations (NGOs) regarding the tax amnesty.
Referencing the judicial review request filed at the Constitutional Court to challenge the Tax Amnesty Law, Pramono said that every citizen possessed the right to challenge any law at the Court.
However, the government will establish a legal team to defend the Tax Amnesty Law, newly passed by the House of Representatives. "The President has appointed Coordinating Economics Minister as the coordinator of the legal team,"he explained. (ags)
