By: Savira Ayu) *
The Job Creation Law is getting more perfect with 44 derivative regulations. However, presidential regulations and government regulations that are derivative regulations have not been 100% finished. It is hoped that they can be inaugurated in February 2021, because it needs careful consideration, so that it can be implemented immediately.
The public was shocked when the Job Creation Law reached almost 1,000 sheets, because this Law takes care of almost all aspects. Starting from investment to UMKM. After there was a Job Creation Law, it was added with its derivative regulations. So that it can be more detailed and if it is practiced in the field, it will run smoothly.
Elen Setiadi, Expert Staff for Regulation, Law Enforcement and Economic Resilience of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, stated that there are 44 derivative regulations of the Job Creation Law. The details are 40 government regulations and 4 presidential regulations. These derived rules cover multiple sectors and clusters. However, until now the 44 Perpres and PPs have not been formalized.
So when did the derivative rules lanchig? Doddy Widodo, Director General of Defense KPAII Ministry of Industry, predicts that the derivative regulations will be completed in February 2021. Because 44 regulations are still being discussed by the government, and the target is to be completed at least by the end of February. In that sense, the public is asked to be patient to wait for this derivative regulation of the Job Creation Law.
Even though the Job Creation Law was inaugurated in October 2020, the regulations for the enactment cannot be resolved at the same time. Because it is hoped that the 44 Perpres and PP will be more detailed, and there will be no mistakes at all. The process is, after the draft RPP and Rperpres are made, it is uploaded on a special site. The public can read and even provide input to the government.
After the input period is closed, the DPR reads them one by one and considers them. Is the input true or just harsh criticism. Not all can be accommodated, because not everyone gives positive feedback. The community should not be disappointed when their input is not implemented, because it may not fit the context. After all, the government has tried to be fair by asking the opinion of its people.
Then, the DPR discussed these derivative regulations with related institutions and ministries. So that they can provide input and further considerations, and later there will be no more miscoordination. The DPR is indeed collaborating with many parties, in order to be united in making derivative regulations that are beneficial to the community.
This derivative regulation is expected to run harmoniously with the “brother” of the Job Creation Law. So that there are no overlapping regulations between the two. Therefore, the process before the derivative regulation is formalized is longer, so that there are no controversies between the Perpres, PP, and the Job Creation Law.
If later the derivative rules have been completed and formalized, it is hoped that people’s lives will improve, even though we are still in the midst of a pandemic. When there is a national vaccination and the Job Creation Law and its derivative regulations are implemented, financial conditions will slowly rise. Because investor confidence will increase along with the investment cluster.
They will invest and build labor-intensive factories, so that people can work there. Automatically, many people are relieved of their unemployment status, and can buy basic necessities again, without having to expect the BLT allocation. People’s purchasing power will increase, and the merchandise of business people will be sold again. The economic wheel is rolling again and we can survive the threat of the second stage economic crisis.
So great is the effect of the Job Creation Law and its derivative regulations, that the people’s standard of living can continue to rise. Therefore, we are obliged to support this law along with the Perpres and PPs, so that the social and economic life in Indonesia will be better. Because they are not rules on paper, but actually applied in the field.
Let’s wait for the inauguration of 44 derivative regulations of the Job Creation Law, so that their application in the field will be better. Because President Jokowi’s government has never made laws that only apply on paper or on the pulpit of the DPR, but must truly benefit the community. Hopefully our standard of living will improve, thanks to the Job Creation Law and its 44 regulations.
) * The author is a contributor to the Cikini Press Circle and Students
