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View all search resultsIn a sudden flurry of activity, Baleg has endorsed the revised 2025 Prolegnas to push House lawmakers to begin deliberating the long-awaited asset forfeiture bill before the year-end, as well as next year's priority list that includes legislation for on-demand transportation services and gig worker protection.
The House of Representatives is moving closer to deliberating a law next year that will regulate on-demand transportation services, following recent protests by gig drivers demanding higher pay and better labor protections.
Experts view the empty minister’s seat as evidence of the ministry’s waning purpose, as many of its former responsibilities have moved to Danantara, the country’s state asset fund now in charge of nearly 900 state firms.
Following a string of violent protests across the country, the House of Representatives included the asset forfeiture bill in its 2025 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority bill, aiming to pass the long-awaited draft law by the end of the year.
Experts have criticized the move as a regulatory shortcut that risks legal inconsistencies, undermines the democratic principles of cooperatives and exposes them to poor governance and potential financial pitfalls.
A group of retired military generals have sent a petition urging leaders of the House of Representatives and the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) to initiate impeachment proceedings against Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
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