Luhut affirms that the Omnibus Law believes that work does not harm people

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investments, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, affirms that the Omnibus Law of the Employment Creation Law (UU) passed by the Indonesian Parliament will not harm the people.

“There is nothing in the Omnibus Law that is harmful to people, it is an environmental issue. That is Ms. Siti (Minister of LHK) an environmentalist. That is why we have never misled or damaged people’s trust in us. “he said in a virtual show, on Tuesday (6/10/2020). night.

According to him, the development of the Omnibus Law is so that it can be accepted by all groups. At the same time, it combines several types of existing regulations into one.

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“But what we are doing is what is happening in general, being universal is what we do so that we do not become a foreign country,” he said.

“With strange rules, which do not integrate one rule with another rule. One law with another law. That is why this Omnibus Law was born,” Luhut explained.

Luhut also explained that the term Omnibus Law was originally proposed by the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR) Sofyan Djalil. Due to her experience, she never knew the term when she was educated in the United States (USA).

“The term Omnibus Law comes from the Minister of ATR. As he first studied this matter in the United States, he told me: ‘Pak Luhut, someone can unify (all the regulations), yes, there is the Omnibus Law,'” Luhut said.

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In addition, he said, the discussion of the Omnibus Law on the Employment Creation Law had gone through a long process with a period of around 4 years. At that time, he served as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs. “So there is nothing new, it has been done for about 4 years,” he said.

In a loud voice, Luhut opposed those who accused the discussion of the Omnibus Law of not being transparent.

Luhut also said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had met with union leaders at the Presidential Palace, when the Omnibus Law was about to be passed.

“So, I don’t think it is fair to accuse the government of not being open. The president is not so bad at meeting with the workers’ leadership,” he said.