Indonesie Forum

The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) called on the government to begin implementing the newly approved Trade Law and Industry Law to provide legal certainty in preparation for the 2015 ASEAN single market.

Apindo chairman Sofjan Wanandi said in a press conference at his office in Jakarta on Wednesday that the government should immediately issue implementing regulations for the new law.

“If we really want to progress [among ASEAN countries], then we need to make sure that we have implementing regulations as the legal basis for the implementation of the [trade and industry] laws,” he said.

Apindo expected that the implementing regulations, which usually come as government regulations and ministerial regulations, would be issued before the current government’s term ended.