Perpu Omnibus Hocus-Pocus

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - INSTEAD of complying with the Constitutional Court’s decision to revise the Job Creation Law, the government demonstrates its strength by issuing the Government Regulation in lieu of Law (Perpu) on Job Creation that revives the flawed law. The Constitutional Court asked the government to revise this law because its deliberation process did not involve the public. In fact, this omnibus law has an impact on many things: the fate of workers, environmental protection, and freedom of speech. After all, the requirement for the issuance of a Perpu is a compelling emergency. What is the urgency in Indonesia today that forces the government to issue this Perpu? In many countries, a Perpu is considered authoritarian because the process is not democratic. What is the government’s strategy to pass the Job Creation Perpu? Who is its sponsor?

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KPU Intimidation

A DOZEN members of regional General Elections Commissions received intimidation. They were commissioners who questioned the decision of the plenary meeting on the ratification of the qualified status of parties that passed factual verification process.