IMF's labor remarks cause anger

IMF's labor remarks cause anger

JAKARTA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been warned
against interfering in the deliberations of a manpower bill at
the House of Representatives.

Rekso Ageng Herman of House Commission VII on manpower said on
Saturday the bill was expected to be passed on Feb. 11.

"The enactment of this law is not to satisfy the IMF's will or
to bow to it," Rekso of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) said.

He was responding to a statement by the IMF's senior adviser
for the Asia Pacific, Daniel Citrin, who asked the Ministry of
Manpower and Transmigration to enact the law soon.

Rekso demanded an apology from the Washington-based financial
body for Citrin's statement, which according to the legislator
trespassed on Indonesia's internal affairs. -- Antara