- Indonesia’s House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”) has decided to continue discussions of the Draft Bill on Job Creation (“Draft Bill”) through its Legislative Body (Badan Legislatif) in the wake of the recent 13th plenary meeting of the III meeting period for the 2019/2020 meeting year. Consequently, the Legislative Body will form a working committee (panitia kerja) within next week in order to discuss the Draft Bill;
- The Deputy Speaker of the DPR Legislative Body, Ahmad Baidowi, stated recently that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic would not affect working procedures in relation to legislative programs. Discussion of the Draft Bill will be conducted via both virtual and physical meetings so as to comply with medical protocols which have been issued in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19;
- Meanwhile, Herman Hery, Speaker of DPR Commission III stated that the commission was discussing several crucial provisions set out under the Draft Bill on Correctional and Draft Criminal Law. However, wide-scale public protests are demanding the postponement of these discussions until the end of the COVID-19 health emergency.
- For more on this story, see Hukumonline: "Pekan Depan, Baleg DPR Bentuk Panja RUU Cipta Kerja".
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