There has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the passage of this bill through the House of Representatives (DPR). The issue that garnered most attention was the provisions that sort to raise the retirement age of judges from 65 years of age to 70 years of age.
The State Minister of National Development Planning / Head of the National Development Planning Agency has issued Circular No. 0217/M.PPN/10/2008 to provide what amounts to a series of instructions that relate to the amount of domestically produced and sourced materials, and the commencement of setting out the goods and services that are expected to be procured as part of the 2009 budget.