Delete an article in the manuscript of the Employment Creation Act, Palace: Do not change the content of the page

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Presidential Staff of Early Law, Purwono, admitted that the Secretary of State eliminated an article from the Manuscript of the Employment Creation Law.

The article that was eliminated was the provision to reform article 46 of Law Number 22 of 2001 on oil and gas.

In the 812-page Work Creation Law presented by the Chamber of Deputies to the Palace, the provision is included in article 40, figure 7, which modifies the provisions of article 46 of the Oil and Gas Law.

However, this article is not included in the latest 1187-page version of the Employment Creation Law that the government has presented to the mass organizations MUI, NU and Muhammadiyah.

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Dini said the article was removed in accordance with the agreement at a working committee meeting between DPR and the government.

“In essence, article 46 should not have been in the final manuscript because at the panja meeting it was decided that the article should revert to the rules of the existing Law,” Dini said when contacted on Friday (10/23/2020 ).

Dini admitted that once the law is approved in plenary session, there can no longer be substantial changes.

However, Dini emphasized that the elimination of the article does not mean changing the substance of the Employment Creation Law that was approved on October 5.

“What cannot be changed is the background. In this case, the cancellation is administrative or typo, and in fact make the substance in accordance with what was agreed at the DPR baleg panja meeting, ”he said.

DPR Baleg President Supratman Andi Agtas previously confirmed the abolition of the article. Supratman said the article should have been removed according to the agreement at the previous working committee meeting.

“Then it happened that the Secretary of State found it, so it should have been eliminated,” he said.

Supratman explained that article 46 of the Oil and Gas Law is related to the duties of the Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Body (BPH).

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He said the government had proposed a transfer of decision authority Toll from BPH Migas to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) by adding a paragraph. Panja did not approve of this proposal.

However, Article 46 still appears in the 812-page text sent by DPR to the Secretary of State.

“It turns out that paragraphs (1) to (4) are still numbered. Because there is no change, the Secretary of State clarifies it to Baleg. I make sure that after checking with all my friends there shouldn’t be any, ”Supratman said.