Andy Omara speaking in the discussion in FGD as collaboration between the Constitutional Court and APHTN-HAN, Tuesday (10/9) at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Photo by Humas MK/Ganie.

YOGYAKARTA, Public Relations of the Constitutional Court—Constitutional Law and State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN-HAN) Chairman and UGM’s Head of Constitutional Law Department of the Law Faculty Andi Omara talked about legal reform models in a forum group discussion on "The Responsiveness of Constitutional Law and State Administrative Law in the Acceleration of National Development," as collaboration between the Constitutional Court and APHTN-HAN of D. I. Yogyakarta Province at the Law Faculty of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) on Tuesday (10/09/2019).

One model that Andy Omara found interesting was the Omnibus Law model, where a number of laws and regulations that are generally passed for regional interests unite in a single law to achieve a common understanding of law and strengthen each other. However, Andy acknowledged the weaknesses of the model; one of them is the potential to rule out specific issues that underlie one of the laws and regulations. Andy also explained that the application of Omnibus Law potentially violates the procedure for creating laws and regulations.

Andy also said that legal reforms helped accelerate national development. Unclear, overlapping laws will result in legal uncertainty which, according to him, will create uncertainty among foreign investors, which will (indirectly) impede national development. Andy Omara believes that constitutional law, state administrative law, and law in general can participate in creating legal certainty (through legal reforms) for national development. (Raisa/LA)

Translated by: Yuniar Widiastuti