Dasco States Domestic Worker Protection and Copyright Law Bills Targeted for Completion This Year

Jakarta — The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, has stated that the House of Representatives is targeting completion of the bill on Domestic Worker Protection (PPRT) and the Copyright Law bill this year.

According to him, the drafting and legislative process for these bills has already commenced at the House of Representatives’ Legislative Body. He indicated that these laws have already attracted public attention and will be finalised shortly.

“We are targeting this year. God willing, it can be completed this year,” Dasco said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Wednesday.

He announced that the House of Representatives will hold a plenary session on Thursday (12 March).

According to him, the plenary session will also agenda approval of the PPRT bill and Copyright Law bill as House of Representatives parliamentary initiatives.

Subsequently, these two bills will enter substantive discussion and progress through the legislative process until they are enacted into law.

He also stated that the House of Representatives is actually processing the Labour Law bill, the Single Data bill, and the Asset Seizure bill. However, he predicted that the bills most likely to be completed soonest are the PPRT bill and Copyright Law bill.

“Yes, the first priority is PPRT, then subsequently the Copyright Law,” he said.

According to him, the House of Representatives’ Legislative Body will form a joint team with labour unions to discuss the Labour Law bill, which will align with the Constitutional Court’s decision. This bill, he said, will be a parliamentary initiative.

He also announced that the House of Representatives’ Legislative Body will also conduct public participation sessions on the Asset Seizure bill and the Single Data bill.

“(The) Single Data (bill) — we have gained more experience from the recent disaster, for instance, that data from one ministry differs from another ministry, which consequently results in lack of synchronisation in the field,” he said.