KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's parliament will assess the legal standing of an emergency regulation signed by President Joko Widodo to replace a Job Creation law, the deputy speaker said on Tuesday, as activists called for a protest against the controversial decree. Civil society groups plan to stage a protest later on Tuesday to pressure lawmakers to reject the emergency regulation - officially called a government regulation in lieu of law - which some legal experts see as a government ploy to bypass proper debate in parliament. "The House of Representatives, in accordance with its constitutional function, will assess whether parameters of compelling urgency were met to give the president the authority to issue the government regulation in lieu of law," deputy speaker Rachmat Gobel said.
Indonesia Parliament to Discuss Fate of Emergency Job Decree
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia's parliament will assess the legal standing of an emergency regulation signed by President Joko Widodo to replace a Job Creation law, the deputy speaker said on Tuesday, as activists called for a protest against the controversial decree. Civil society groups plan to stage a protest later on Tuesday to pressure lawmakers to reject the emergency regulation - officially called a government regulation in lieu of law - which some legal experts see as a government ploy to bypass proper debate in parliament. "The House of Representatives, in accordance with its constitutional function, will assess whether parameters of compelling urgency were met to give the president the authority to issue the government regulation in lieu of law," deputy speaker Rachmat Gobel said.