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House, govt work to synchronize 70 problematic laws through omnibus bill
Lawmakers agreed to work closely with the government by also making a list of overlapping laws that needed to be scrapped, for addition to the current list. At the same time, it urged the government to immediately submit the final list, the draft bills and the academic assessment.
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Legal experts attend a meeting with the House of Representatives legislation body in Jakarta. (ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak)
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he House of Representatives' legislation body (Baleg) has set up a working committee tasked to synchronize more than 70 pieces of legislation, many of which are considered overlapping.
The working committee is to discuss this synchronization through an omnibus bill. The committee also plans to formulate two investment-related bills that focus on job creation and the empowerment of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The omnibus bill is to consolidate dozens of laws into one law, formulated for synchronizing many overlapping regulations.
The committee, led by legislator Rieke Diah Pitaloka of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), has begun its work even though some factions in the House have yet to officially appoint members to the committee.
The legislation body members on Wednesday met with the government representatives, including Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan and Coordinating Economic Minister secretary Susiwijono at the House’s compound in Senayan, Central Jakarta.
During the meeting, the lawmakers agreed to work closely with the government by also making a list of overlapping laws that needed to be scrapped, for addition to the current list. At the same time, it urged the government to immediately submit the final list, the draft bills and the academic assessment.
"We need to work as quickly as possible so that the House can immediately finish its list of priority bills [Prolegnas] for the 2020 period," the body's chairman, Supratman Andi Agtas, said on Nov. 13.
