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Omnibus bills submitted to House, public remains in dark
“This goes against the enthusiasm of the public that has actively been following the development of the bill drafting process since it was first proclaimed by [President] Jokowi as a breakthrough to boost investment during his inaugural speech in October 2019."
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Workers who are members of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) held an action to reject the Omnibus Law Cipta Karya in front of the Parliament Building, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (02/12/2020). The mass of workers threatened a mass strike if the Parliament passed the Omnibus Law on Employment Copyright. - JP / Dhoni Setiawan / vja / 20 (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he government submitted on Wednesday the controversial omnibus bill on job creation to the House of Representatives but without releasing the document for public scrutiny, as thousands rallied outside the House complex against the bill’s potential detrimental effect on labor rights.
“Now that the government has submitted the omnibus bill to the House, deliberations must start to involve the public and they must be more transparent for it to become inclusive,” Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia research director Piter Abdullah said.
The omnibus bill on taxation has also been submitted to lawmakers, but again no official draft has been made available as yet for public discussion.
“The closed nature of the government’s drafting of the omnibus bill is difficult to comprehend,” said Indonesian Parliament Watch (Formappi) analyst Lucius Karus.
“This goes against the enthusiasm of the public that has actively been following the development of the bill drafting process since it was first proclaimed by [President] Jokowi as a breakthrough to boost investment during his inaugural speech in October 2019.”
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The omnibus bill on job creation is expected to cut red tape, attract more investment and boost the country’s economic growth, which fell to a three-year low of 4.97 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. Comprising 174 articles in 15 chapters, it will amend more than 1,000 articles in 79 prevailing laws, including the Labor Law.
