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.
"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. That law was declared partially unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court in 2021 due to inadequate public consultation. The court ruled that lawmakers must complete a renewed debate process within two years.The president's coalition controls more than 80 per cent of seats in parliament, but it was unclear how much support he would get for the emergency decree. The government has argued the decree was needed to help shield Indonesia from the impact of a potential global economic crisis.