Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues (Print ISSN: 1544-0036; Online ISSN: 1544-0044)

Abstract

Emergency Law-Making in Indonesia: Between Political and Constitutional Process

Author(s): Ibnu Sina Chandranegara, Eka NAM Sihombing

The government regulations in lieu of law can be seen as a temporary law because the House's approval is requested as soon as possible. The research method used normative legal research with a qualitative approach. This research reviewing government regulations in lieu of laws relating to Covid-19 effect in Indonesia by analyzing legal principles, legal systems, legal synchronization in forming government regulations in lieu of laws following those regulated by the constitution and its various degradations. The results show that the House's political process is necessary to determine whether or not the House approves government regulations in lieu of a law. If government regulations in lieu of law don’t receive approval from the house in the plenary session, government regulations in lieu of law will be repealed and declared invalid. The government regulations in lieu of law about covid-19, related to the meaning of "following house hearing session" when government regulations in lieu of law are adopted, then the following house hearing session after the break, not during the hearing when the government regulates the law, instead of this. During the interval of the House drafted government regulations in lieu of law, the President made it impossible to hold meetings.

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