"At present, fishermen and daily workers are still relatively able to survive on their on feet."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Various working class segments of Indonesian society hope that the passing of the Social Insurance Management Agency Bill (RUU BPJS) into law will be one of the main demands of the rallies to be staged in observance of International Labor Day on May 1.
"Deliberations on the RUU BPJS have been going for a long time, namely since 2007," Program Coordinator of the People`s Coalition for Fishery Justice (Kiara) Abudl Halim said here on Friday.
He said mnay people were questioning the fact that the bill had not yet been passed into law until now while the provision of social insurance for citizens was one the mandates of the Constitution.
Abdul Halim said the bill should be passed soon because various segments of Indonesia`s working population including workers and traditional fishermen badly needed it.
"At present, fishermen and daily workers are still relatively able to survive on their on feet," he said.
He said that a social guarantee for marginalized people like workers and fishermen could not be separated from the political dynamics and various polices in the national level. These polices serve as a reference for various bylaws in the regional level.
Abdul Halim said that at present there were still many policies which did not refer to the fulfillment of the people`s basic prosperity rights. Whereas Indonesia had ratified the United Nations` Universal Declaration of Humah Rights, through the adoption of Law No. 39/1999.
(Uu.A014/HAJM)
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