Govt to Involve Businesses in Drafting E-Commerce Regulation

 
Marcell Sihombing, Fathan Qorib
 
Due to heavy criticism, the Ministry of Trade (Ministry) has finally decided to take action regarding the Government Draft Regulation on E-Commerce (Draft Regulation). During the meeting between the Ministry and the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) last Saturday, Minister Rachmat Gobel accepted idEA’s cooperation in the making of the Draft Regulation.
 
As a concrete follow up, Minister Gobel assigned one of his expert staffs to work with idEA in safeguarding the Draft Regulation and its future processes.
 
“Considering the target to finish the Draft Regulation this coming August, both parties will be holding several intensive meetings in the near future,” said Daniel Tumiwa, Chairman of idEA, in their press release.
 
idEA considers the meeting as a positive feedback to their petition which was sent directly to the Ministry last week, along with the hope that the Ministry would involve business circles in the making of the Draft Regulation. idEA hopes that the Draft Regulation would help the development of national industries.
 
According to idEA, Minister Gobel explained that the Draft Regulation is still in an early stage, and further discussions have been laid out for maximum result. However, both idEA and the Ministry agreed that the Draft Regulation must grant protection for domestic companies. Therefore, the possibility of establishing accreditation agencies for e-commerce companies in Indonesia will also be discussed.
 
“We appreciated the Minister who responded to our petition. Of course we would maximize our efforts to cooperate with the Ministry to create a regulation that upholds the protection of ‘local players’. Hopefully, a conducive regulation to improve national e-commerce industries can be achieved,” said Mr. Tumiwa.
 
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Marcell Sihombing, Fathan Qorib
 
Due to heavy criticism, the Ministry of Trade (Ministry) has finally decided to take action regarding the Government Draft Regulation on E-Commerce (Draft Regulation). During the meeting between the Ministry and the Indonesian E-Commerce Association (idEA) last Saturday, Minister Rachmat Gobel accepted idEA’s cooperation in the making of the Draft Regulation.
 
As a concrete follow up, Minister Gobel assigned one of his expert staffs to work with idEA in safeguarding the Draft Regulation and its future processes.
 
“Considering the target to finish the Draft Regulation this coming August, both parties will be holding several intensive meetings in the near future,” said Daniel Tumiwa, Chairman of idEA, in their press release.
 
idEA considers the meeting as a positive feedback to their petition which was sent directly to the Ministry last week, along with the hope that the Ministry would involve business circles in the making of the Draft Regulation. idEA hopes that the Draft Regulation would help the development of national industries.
 
According to idEA, Minister Gobel explained that the Draft Regulation is still in an early stage, and further discussions have been laid out for maximum result. However, both idEA and the Ministry agreed that the Draft Regulation must grant protection for domestic companies. Therefore, the possibility of establishing accreditation agencies for e-commerce companies in Indonesia will also be discussed.
 
“We appreciated the Minister who responded to our petition. Of course we would maximize our efforts to cooperate with the Ministry to create a regulation that upholds the protection of ‘local players’. Hopefully, a conducive regulation to improve national e-commerce industries can be achieved,” said Mr. Tumiwa.
 
(hot/nm/ja)
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