TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government expects that government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) No. 1/2017 on Access to Financial Information for Tax Purposes and Perppu No. 2/2017 on Mass Organizations will be passed into laws in the near future.
“Perppu No. 1/2017 on Access to Financial Information cannot wait because we have ratified [the AEOI]. As such, our tax programs are required to support information disclosure,” Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung said today at the Bogor Palace.
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In addition, the Perppu on Mass Organization should immediately be passed into law because it is related to the national interest, Pramono said. The regulation is issued to protect the national ideology in the long term, not for the government’s interest.
Pramono believes that the Perppu on Mass Organization was made prudently. The government had consulted with the Constitutional Court (MK) to ensure the quality of the regulation in the event of an application for a judicial review is filed. Therefore, he expects the parliament, mass organizations and the public to trust the government over the Perppu.
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“Indonesia is a role model at international forums. If we have trust issues, we have to resolve them together,” Pramono said.
The two new bills are unlikely to be passed into law in the near future, as deliberations between the government and the parliament have been deadlocked.
House members said that the government has overreacted in proposing the Perppu on Mass Organizations and saw no urgency in it.
As for Perppu on Access to Financial Information, House members have yet to make their stance.
ISTMAN MP | ANTARA
