Reactive Policymaking

There seems to be something wrong with the policymaking process in this country. This was apparent when President Joko Widodo asked Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri and Managing Director of Manpower Social Security (BPJSK) Elvyn Masassya to revise sections of Government Regulation No. 46/2015 on the Pension Scheme (JHT), even though it was only signed by the president on June 30.

This revision follows protests and demonstrations by workers that started when they learned of the regulation's contents. Their demands then formed the substance of the president's direction to make revisions.

July 28, 2015