Jakarta – The Government of Indonesia recently passed Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2023 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation to Become Law.
A number of experts have responded to the Job Creation Law, which is firmly believed to be a form of revolution in the field of law which carries the mission of equal distribution of welfare amidst the onslaught of economic threats which are full of crises due to the impact of the global situation.
In a Webinar by Communi&co with the theme “Who is Ciptaker Law for” (14/4), University of Indonesia (UI) Economic Observer, Fithra Faisal, underlined that the Indonesian industry is currently experiencing problems in being able to support 6% economic growth per year, so as to be able To increase the role of industry, the government must improve infrastructure, human resources and institutions.
“Therefore, the existence of the Ciptaker Law is one of the most important pillars to continue to drive export figures and also support economic growth in Indonesia in terms of institutional improvement,” he said.
Fithra believes that the Ciptaker Law is able to create the widest possible employment opportunities, besides that it is also at a minimum able to increase the economic growth target, so that Indonesia is free from the middle-class economy.
The Special Staff (Stafsus) of the Minister of State Secretariat (Mensesneg), Faldo Maldini on the same occasion explained that previously in Indonesia there were a number of overlapping regulations and there was no serious intention to fix them. So the Omnibus Law on the Ciptaker Law was held to fix all of that.
“Moreover, the world is currently also experiencing a crisis of economic uncertainty, including the role of Ukraine and Russia, so there is a dire need for regulations that are really clear about all of this,” concluded Faldo.
Faldo also revealed that so far efforts from the Government to be able to improve communication patterns which are considered to be linear are also being carried out. In addition, in the community there are still many discussions that are carried out but it turns out that there are still misperceptions, because in fact the company cannot carry out arbitrary layoffs.
Faldo highlighted that there are parties who think as if this law is said to be not pro-laborers, even though in fact in this law everything has also been regulated because trade unions can speak freely.
“Broadly speaking, there are many old bureaucratic rules that actually make it longer, complicated and more difficult, which has a bad impact on companies and MSMEs, but now there is no need to be afraid of bureaucracy,” he said.
An optimistic view also emerged from the Secretary General of the Central Executive Board of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (BPP HIPMI), Anggawira who felt that Indonesia could not solve today’s problems using yesterday’s methods.
“I see what the Government and DPR RI are doing this time trying to solve all the challenges and problems that currently exist. We must be able to solve economic challenges comprehensively,” said Anggawira.
Not only that, the Founder of the Indonesian Smart Communication Movement (GCKI), Ellys L Pambayun also believes that in fact the Government’s efforts to continue to build public aspirations and participation have indeed been carried out a lot, by carrying out outreach, discussions and so on.
“However, it turns out that the public still perceives it poorly, therefore the government’s communication pattern actually needs to be improved, that is, not too linear,” said Ellys.
He hopes that the Government and the DPR RI will be more grounded in the Job Creation Law, so that people and communities can be actively involved.