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There has been a lot happening in Indonesia's politics and it is a m e s s. I'm doing this to bring forth the topic and to inform anyone interested and maybe get more people to help out on this problem.

Most of these are taken and translated from twitter so credits to @/UNIVERSE_JJ0NG on twt

What is Omnibus Law?

It's taken from latin which means 'for all'. In law, it means that it is the law that can cover for all/ a law that controls a lot of other laws.

In simple words; it applies the the "three in one" idea as it stands for 3 RUU (Rancangan Undang-Undang, or bills):

RUU Cipta Kerja, RUU Ketentuan dan Fasilitas Perpajakan untuk Penguatan Perekonomian, and RUU about Pengemangan dan Penguatan Sektor Keuamgan.

Why is it a problem?

Most of the problem lies in the RUU Cipta Kerja as it takes away labor workers' rights and mostly only benefits investors. Basically the rich becomes richer and the poor becomes poorer.

Adding to that, the percentage of labor workers compared to the number of investors is a lot so it's clear that this law will affect a lot of people.

The entire thing is 1,028 pages so ofc I can't explain the entire thing in detail but here are the problems:

1. Severance pay is removed.

2. Provincial minimum wage (UMP), minimum wage (UMK), and Provincial sectoral minimum wage (UMSP) is removed.

3. Labor wages are counted per hour.

4. Paid leave/ Annual leave (leave for important stuff like sickness, marriage, baptism, death of a loved one, and giving birth) is removed.

5. Outsourcing is replaced with lifetime contracts.

6. There is no permanent employee status.

7. Termination of Employment can be done by companies anytime.

8. Social Security and other welfares is removed.

9. All employees are daily workers.

10. Foreign labor are free to enter.

11. Workers are not allowed to protest. Protests may lead to them being fired.

12. Only national hoidays are allowed. No additional leaves.

13. Breaks on friday will only be an hour, this includes Sholat Jumat (Friday Prayers).

Currently, who supports it and who doesn't?

Political parties who doesn't: (2) Partai Keadilan Sejahtera and Partai Demokrat

Political Parties who do: (7) Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan, Partai Golkar, Partai Gerindra, Partai Nasdem, Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa, Partai Amanat National, and Partai Persatuan Pembangunan.

What have Indonesians done?

College students have started riots demanding the law to be cancelled.

Update:

So this happened...

!!!! it's a bit harsh to watch btw !!!!

Numerous tags has been brought up in hopes of bringing awareness to the topic.

Trans:

#DPRRIBetrayedCitizens

#(idt i need to translate that one lol)

#OmnibusLawIsTrash

Some off these trends are the work of kpop stans,,, icons

How can you help?

For now I've only seen petitions (1) (2) but please add more if you know more or inform me of other ways to help!!

Update (oct - 7) : Here's a link to information and petitions. However, it is in indonesian.

Are there any other problems?

Yes. This problem has been going on for a while but it doesn't mean that it's just old news now. UU Penghapusan kekerasan seksual: The bill to eradicate sexual violance was turned down (crazy right? how they allowed the omnibus law but not this,,,)

Here's the petition

And ofcourse, the on going racism towards Papuanese people...

...and people's ignorance towards the entire COVID-19 problem...

A Summary for those too lazy to read:

The government has approved of a law that would make the lives of labor workers worse and take away their rights to boost the country's economy. Taking away their rights meaning they cannot protest nor can they have leaves outside national holidays,,, even if you're giving birth or if your loved one pass away. In addition to that, their wage will be less since it is counted per hour.

update oct-8:

our president ran away

trans: Good morning. Today i'm going to Kalimantan for a one day trip. After I arrive at the airport i'll be continuing my journey by helicopter to Pandih Batu district.

There, I will be reviewing the food barn area that we've been developing and then the rice planting, fish cages, and duck farm in Pandih Batu sub-district.