Priority Bills Targeted for Completion During Fourth Session of Indonesian Parliament 2025-2026

The Head of the Parliamentary Legislative Body (Baleg), Bob Hasan, has targeted several priority bills to be completed during the Fourth Sitting Session of the Indonesian Parliament for the 2025-2026 term. The session, running from 10 March to 21 April 2026, is expected to serve as a golden opportunity to convert public aspirations gathered during parliamentary recess into concrete, people-focused policy measures.

“After the recess period in which we directly absorb the voice of the people, we return to the fourth sitting session, which becomes a golden opportunity to transform all these aspirations into concrete policies that benefit and provide solutions,” Bob Hasan stated whilst opening the Plenary Meeting for Legislative Body Activity Schedule Planning at the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday, 10 March 2026.

Bob Hasan invited all Baleg members to maximise the sitting session to be more productive and impactful for national progress. Furthermore, he noted that this sitting session coincides with Ramadan, which is expected to strengthen the spirit of service to the community.

“Let us make this blessed month an affirmation of our intention and spirit of service that burns brighter to safeguard the people’s mandate,” he said at the Nusantara I Building of Parliament.

Bob also revealed that Baleg has established an agenda for developing the legislative activity schedule during the Fourth Sitting Session. Based on the secretariat’s report, the meeting was attended by 28 members from eight parliamentary factions, thus meeting the quorum requirement in accordance with Parliament’s Rules of Procedure.

Baleg, he continued, has several primary tasks as regulated in Parliament Regulation Number 1 of 2020 on Procedure, including drafting bills proposed by Baleg or members, harmonising and consolidating bill concepts before submission to parliamentary leadership, and monitoring and reviewing existing legislation.

For this sitting session, Baleg is prioritising several legislative items, including bills on Domestic Worker Protection, Strategic Commodities, Aceh Governance, Wiretapping, and Customary Law Communities. Additionally, Baleg will discuss bills on Drinking Water Treatment and Sanitation, One Data Indonesia, Casual Workers, and Protection for Gig Economy or Digital Platform Workers.

“We hope the domestic worker bill can be completed, since there is little remaining to be done, especially regarding Alternative Dispute Resolution which we will discuss together,” Bob stated.

The sitting session will last 43 days. However, effective working time will be reduced due to Eid al-Fitr public holidays and the government’s work-from-anywhere policy. Nevertheless, Bob is optimistic that Baleg can still maximise legislative performance through flexible scheduling strategies and the formation of special working committees to accelerate discussions on priority bills.

In the previous year, Baleg successfully completed several bills that advanced to the discussion stage in relevant commissions. Therefore, Bob hopes that legislative performance during this sitting session can again demonstrate optimal results. “We have already begun developing special strategies regarding meeting schedules, so that every bill prioritised by Baleg can be fully implemented.”