The draft of the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation was formally submitted to the House of Representatives on Feb. 12, 2020. The original 1028-page draft covered various sectors of the economy, including energy and mineral resources. Since the beginning, the plan to form an omnibus law has already been accompanied by rejections and plenty of rumors. The Bill was passed into law on Oct. 5 despite the rejection. The final version was forwarded to the President on Oct. 14. What’s in it?

Since its enactment into Law on Oct. 5, 2020, many versions of the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation have circulated in public.We have received five versions of the Bill with the number of pages ranging from 800 pages to more than 1000 pages. The latest information we have is that the final version to be submitted to the President on October 14, 2020 is the 815-page version. We decided to focus on that script. Even though the public tends to focus on labor and employment issues, we note the fact that the new Law changes and deleted provisions in 76 Laws, including those related to the forestry sector. Similar to the debate regarding the labor and employment cluster, there are also many rumors regarding the negative effects potentially caused by the new Law on the forestry sector. But are the rumors true?

The past several months have been tough for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The Supreme Court continues to surprise the public by reducing the punishment of graft convicts. In what appears to be a show of frustration, the Corruption Eradication Commission...

The ongoing trials in the case of corruption involving State-owned insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero) is nearing the finish line. The Panel of Judges recently found four defendants guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. A total of seven graft...

The Government through the Ministry of Finance continues to develop the policy on determining tax collection in digital transactions on products and services sold to customers in Indonesia. Three months after it was officially implemented, as of the last week the number of companies obliged to collect Value Added Tax (PPN) has gone up to 36 companies with eight new companies added to the list.

The labor unions’ strikes and rallies against the enactment of the Omnibus Bill on Job Creation ended last week. It left behind destroyed public facilities and hundreds of detained, suspected provocateurs. A day after the riot, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo held a press conference and invited those who rejected the new Law to submit a Judicial Review to the Constitutional Court. His statement did little to appease the labor unions seeking to overturn the new Law with a Government Regulation in Lieu of a Law (Perppu). The Government has rejected this mechanism. 

Ten months after it was exposed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the investigation into the corruption in Sidoarjo is finally over. Earlier this week, the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court of the Surabaya District Court read its decisions for the bribees, including the disgraced Regent of Sidoarjo Saiful Ilah.

The controversial Omnibus Bill on Job Creation was passed into Law in a Plenary Meeting held on Oct. 5, 2020. Various elements of society, led by the labor unions, will continue to rally in rejection of the new Law. The Government, however, is not budging. The new Law mandates the creation of 40 technical regulations to implement the Law. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has asked for the said derivative regulations to be completed in just one month.

On October 6, 2020, an article published in a local media outlet mentioned that the Central Jakarta District Court had granted the lawsuit filed by Qatar National Bank (QNB) against Aksa Mahmud and his family. But we know the news is not true. There is a lawsuit, but the lawsuit was only registered at the Central Jakarta District Court on October 5, 2020. The article in question was deleted a few hours after it was published, but it’s too late. Allegations followed.

Nearly two years ago we witnessed how the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) uncovered corruption related to the Meikarta township project. The project is being developed by PT Lippo Cikarang Tbk (LPCK) through its subsidiary PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama (PT MSU). Before the case was exposed, PT MSU had already faced two PKPU lawsuits. In the middle of the inquisition process, PT MSU had to face a default lawsuit, but again the Company managed to escape. The investigation and prosecution process into the corruption case was completed earlier this year, but the problem has not been resolved for PT MSU. In the past two days the Commercial Court of the Central Jakarta District Court received two lawsuits against PT MSU. So the Company has been sued five times in a period of two years.