KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has signed an emergency regulation to replace a controversial job creation law, his ministers said on Friday, legislation that a court had ruled was flawed. Some legal experts criticised the move as a government attempt to bypass proper debate in parliament, but chief economics minister Airlangga Hartarto said the regulation was to ensure legal certainty and achieve the government's investment target amid global geopolitical uncertainty. The Constitutional Court last year ruled that the passage of the president's vaunted Jobs Creation Law was flawed due to inadequate public consultations and ordered lawmakers to restart the process within two years. The law would otherwise be deemed unconstitutional.
Indonesia Issues Emergency Regulation to Replace Controversial Job Creation Law
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has signed an emergency regulation to replace a controversial job creation law, his ministers said on Friday, legislation that a court had ruled was flawed. Some legal experts criticised the move as a government attempt to bypass proper debate in parliament, but chief economics minister Airlangga Hartarto said the regulation was to ensure legal certainty and achieve the government's investment target amid global geopolitical uncertainty. The Constitutional Court last year ruled that the passage of the president's vaunted Jobs Creation Law was flawed due to inadequate public consultations and ordered lawmakers to restart the process within two years. The law would otherwise be deemed unconstitutional.