Jokowi was previously elected by the workers, why are you avoiding it now?

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The political observer from Paramadina University, Ahmad Khoirul Umam, questioned the attitude of President Joko Widodo to avoid labor demonstrations in relation to the Employment Creation Law.

He said that Jokowi should have met with workers protesting the Job Creation Act to reduce worker rejection.

According to Umam, Jokowi should have received the workers in the Presidential Palace and then explained the aspirations of the workers that the government had accommodated in the Employment Creation Law.

“President Jokowi used to be elected by the workers. Now he chooses to disappear and avoid going to Solo and Palangkaraya,” Umam said when contacted on Thursday (8/10/2020).

“If the president wants to think strategically, to be honest with the workers, just get together and ask his ministers to explain these controversial articles to him if they fit the aspirations of the workers,” he said.

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Umam also criticized DPR for enforcing the enactment of the Copyright Act before the recession.

According to him, there was a deliberation by the House of Representatives to speed up the enactment of the Copyright Law before the recess so as not to face labor demonstrations during the discussions.

He added, of course, that the House of Representatives should not avoid harassment if it has accommodated the aspirations of workers in the Labor Copyright Act.

“Now, why is the ratification done the day before the recess? If the DPR claims that the rules contained in the Employment Creation Act are correct, why would the DPR prefer to disappear from Senayan in the name of a recess?” he said.

As is well known, workers held massive demonstrations to protest the Copyright Law.

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They carried out the action in Jakarta at various strategic locations such as the DPR Building and the Presidential Palace, Jakarta.

When there will be a demonstration in front of the Palace, Jokowi visits Central Kalimantan to check the program. food farm.

Meanwhile, DPR has now entered a recess period from being present in the DPR building.